Fund combines small business loans with advisory services, technical support

UP Community Fund provides commercial loans to businesses throughout the Southeast.

By Business Observer Staff
| 6:00 a.m. February 1, 2019
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Courtesy. David Sharp is the CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Urban Advisors.

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A new fund, focused on providing loans to minority-owned small businesses, is expanding — with an eye on Florida.

The organization, Charlotte, N.C.-based Urban Advisors, introduced UP Community Fund to provide commercial loans to businesses throughout the Southeast, with the initial focus on the Carolinas and Georgia. Now CEO David Sharp tells Coffee Talk targeting entrepreneurs in Florida and Virginia is a natural broadening.