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Businesses in Bloom
Yelp Milwaukee and Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) are teaming up this spring to celebrate 2021 Small Business Month, May 1 - 31. Throughout the month, we will be highlighting some of the amazing local businesses around the Greater Milwaukee...
WWBIC celebrates America Saves Week 2021
As part of America Saves Week 2021 (February 22 – February 26, 2021), we asked the WWBIC Team to share their savings goals. Watch the video below to hear from Dionne Villareal, WWBIC Milwaukee Regional Office Coordinator, and her journey to becoming a first-time...
WWBIC to open new women’s business center in Southwestern Wisconsin
For Immediate Release: WWBIC to open new women’s business center in Southwestern Wisconsin The Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corp. (WWBIC) has received additional funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration to open a new Women’s Business Center in...
WWBIC to Launch The City of Appleton COVID-19 Small Business Relief Grants Program
For Immediate Release: WWBIC to Launch The City of Appleton COVID-19 Small Business Relief Grants Program The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) has received funding from the City of Appleton 2020 CDBG-CV1 allocations to launch the City of...
WWBIC Virtual Luncheon on December 1, 2020 – Summary
Visionary Leadership: Evolving Purposefully in our Communities The annual WWBIC Luncheon commenced on December 1, 2020, and provided both moments of reflection and a path forward. Wendy Baumann, WWBIC President/CVO shared “At WWBIC, we envision a far different and...
City of Milwaukee/WWBIC to Launch Small Business COVID-19 Forgivable Loan Program
The City of Milwaukee along with the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) is launching the City of Milwaukee Building Resiliency Small Business Assistance Forgivable Loan Program to assist micro and small businesses impacted by the COVID-19...
Join Us! WWBIC Virtual Luncheon on December 1, 2020
Through the ups and downs and twists and turns of 2020 WWBIC’s work at the frontline of economic development has a greater sense of urgency. Our mission to support entrepreneurs and business owners throughout Wisconsin who are serving our community, supporting...
SBA Awards Three Wisconsin Organizations $528,000 in PRIME Grants to Help Emerging Micro-Entrepreneurs Gain Access to Capital
The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp., ADVOCAP, and Northwest Side Community Development Corp. are set to receive grants from the U.S. Small Business Administration to help low-income entrepreneurs gain access to capital through the Program for Investment in...
WWBIC Launches a Fox Valley Region COVID-19 Rural Business Revival Grants Program
The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) is launching a COVID-19 Rural Business Revival Grants Program in the Fox Valley region of Wisconsin to assist single mothers who are racial and ethnic minorities who own micro and small businesses that have...
We Stand in Solidarity & Support
WWBIC was birthed out of the women’s economic empowerment and the microlending movement with a targeted focus on women, people of color, lower income individuals and Veterans. From day one, our work center around removing inequalities and disparities across the...
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