Urban League of Rochester Opens Women’s Business Center

ROCHESTER, NY – The first women’s business center has opened in Rochester thanks to the Urban League.

Located in a building on Platt Street owned by the Urban League of Rochester (Rochester, NY), the ROC Women’s Business Center wants to be a central business hub for women entrepreneurs in the area.

Khara Grant, the center’s director, said, “We want to do a mix of different things for entrepreneurs in this area, anywhere from an entrepreneur who wants to start a business who has no idea what they’re doing, to large corporations with staff,” said Grant. “We want to make sure that the entrepreneurs have access to technical assistance, training, workshops, and business development will be covered here.”

According to Grant, the center is one of many women’s business centers that have been established across the country with funding from the Small Business Administration. The ROC Women’s Center itself has received $150,000 in funding from SBA that can be renewed annually.

“And just with this SBA program alone, to have 140 Women’s Business Centers across the nation is tremendous,” said Grant. “That’s going to be a tremendous footprint, and (help with) the growth of our economy.”

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