Coleman Foundation Elevator Grants Winners Get Year-End Boost by Earning Additional $31,800 in Matching Funds; Total Now Received via NACCE Competition is $99,300
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Matching funds: $5,000.• Jamestown Community College (NY) will provide SBDC technical assistance to military veterans interested in starting or expanding a business.Matching funds: $5,000.• The Flathead Valley Community College (MT) will implement a seminar series providing entrepreneurship skills to independent construction professionals.Matching funds: $5,000.• Northern Wyoming Community College (WY) will offer workshops and newsletters to assist entrepreneurs to capitalize on opportunities in the local tourism economy.For more information, visit http://www.colemanfoundation.org.About NACCENACCE connects community college administrators and faculty with knowledge and successful practices regarding entrepreneurial thinking, entrepreneurship education, and student business incubation.NACCE holds an annual conference and symposium, publishes a quarterly journal, hosts monthly webinars and podcasts and a dynamic list-serv, develops Web resources such as shared entrepreneurship curricula and syllabi for faculty, and creates guides in beginning and sustaining entrepreneurship and student business incubation programs as well as tips for grant proposals specific to entrepreneurial endeavors at community colleges.