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Small Business

‘A Real Trying Time’: Community Lender Gets Much-Needed Dough to Cheesesteak Restaurant

October 8, 2020

Kansas City’s Steak’M Take’M needed help when the pandemic paralyzed the economy. A lender supporting minority-owned businesses provided PPP relief, made to order.

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Small Business

‘A Fish with Very Little Water’: Businesses Deep in the Desert Qualify for PPP Loans with Help from Rural Lender

October 8, 2020

Germaine Simonson owns essential businesses in Arizona’s Navajo Nation. Parched for support, she turned to a rural lender to get through the pandemic dry spell.

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Small Business

‘I Can’t Believe I Got a Real Person’: Small Bank Answers Businesses’ Cries for Help

September 3, 2020

PPP money has reached a range of businesses, but it didn’t come easily for many. An accounting firm in Los Angeles experienced the struggle on behalf of its clients—and firsthand.

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‘I Never Lost Hope’: Minority-Owned Eatery Gets Lifeline from Community Lender

September 3, 2020

Thanks to a PPP loan, San Francisco-based Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant has kept people working and margaritas pouring during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Employment

Opportunity occupations: Good jobs without a bachelor’s (complete collection)

October 7, 2019

Toledo, Ohio has the nation’s highest share of good jobs that don’t require a Bachelor’s degree. Our video series explores what’s working.

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Employment

Opportunity occupations: Joining the workforce

October 7, 2019

Opportunity occupations, which are good-paying jobs for people without a four-year college degree, are the focus of a short documentary by the Federal Reserve.

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Employment

Opportunity occupations: What the Fed means by ‘opportunity occupations’

October 7, 2019

Keith Wardrip, community development research manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, defines “opportunity occupations.”

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Employment

Opportunity occupations: Why identifying opportunity jobs is important

October 7, 2019

Keith Wardrip, community development research manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, explains why identifying opportunity jobs is important to the economy.

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Employment

Opportunity occupations: Local teamwork is critical for building opportunity

October 7, 2019

Gary Thompson, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Regional Growth Partnership in Toledo, Ohio, shares the importance of local teamwork for building opportunity.

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Employment

Opportunity occupations: Why we shouldn’t only push four-year degrees

October 7, 2019

Coleena Ali, vice president of resident services, Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority, explains why four-year degrees aren’t the only path to opportunity.

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