Area program equips people with entrepreneurial skills

The Goodwill MicroEnterprise Institute has notched some big successes — more than 900 graduates and 460 new businesses.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:00 a.m. February 12, 2021
Courtesy. Program Coordinator Dorothy Browning (in white jacket) and Program Manager Sandra Plazas (in black at the back) guide graduates through the Goodwill MicroEnterprise Institute.
Courtesy. Program Coordinator Dorothy Browning (in white jacket) and Program Manager Sandra Plazas (in black at the back) guide graduates through the Goodwill MicroEnterprise Institute.
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The Goodwill MicroEnterprise Institute was born during a crisis — in 2010 in response to the recession. “A group of community leaders got together and did multiple sessions about how do we get people back to jobs or businesses,” Program Coordinator Dorothy Browning says. “They came across the concept of microenterprises.”

 

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