Community Spotlight: Breaking barriers for small business startups

by PimaLib_Blog July 11, 2024
This blog post is by Matthew L., Workforce and Economic Development Librarian.

“At a monthly meeting hosted by Startup Tucson, I met Danny Knee, the executive director of the nonprofit Community Investment Corporation (CIC). We spoke about CIC, what they do in our community, and how he got involved in this work. CIC provides access to the economy with loans of an average of $10,000 for people who can’t qualify for a loan from a traditional bank to start their business.”