Alameda County Economic & Civic Development

Alameda County Economic and Civic Development Department (ECD) has been hard at work, check out what we have been up to these last few months plus a sneak peek at what’s to come!

Starting Soon // Sign Up Today! The Mandela Entrepreneurs Workshop Series serves as the first rung in a ladder to entrepreneurship cultivation. The workshop series targets underserved entrepreneurs looking for ways to start, grow, or expand their businesses, and is provided in partnership with local community groups to ensure place-based connection, support, and accessibility. https://www.mandelapartners.org/mandela-entrepreneurs... Mandela Partners See more

Coming this October! - Alameda County Small Business Development Center (ACSBDC) and Economic & Civic Development Department (ECD) are offering their CALED award winning Food Entrepreneurial Training Academy online! Applications will be accepted until October 16, 2020 Register Today! - https://www.acsbdc.org/calendar

For the first time ever Alameda County Small Business Development Center (ACSBDC) and Economic & Civic Development Department (ECD) are offering their CALED award winning Food Entrepreneurial Training Academy online! Applications will be accepted until October 16, 2020 Register Today! - https://www.acsbdc.org/calendar

Attention Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland, San Lorenzo and Fariview! - Need help growing your small business? To help us develop programs that will benefit small businesses, especially during these challenging times, we are inviting business owners in Alameda County’s unincorporated areas to participate in a short, 10-minute survey today. To complete the survey, just click on the link below! Please rest assured that all your responses are confidential and will not be shared with any third parties. Thank you for your participation! www.acgov.org/cda/ecd/2020businesssurvey.htm

Calling all Ashland & Cherryland Businesses, The application process has reopened starting today (8/24) and closing this Friday (8/28)! Apply Now! - http://www.edenupgrade.org/ Alameda County Economic and Civic Development is excited to announce that eligible businesses located in unincorporated Alameda County can receive a one-time reimbursement grant of up to $5,000 for COVID-19 related business adaptations, such as interior and exterior reconfigurations including curb-side... or storefront pick-up and delivery, partitions, personal protection equipment (PPE), temporary signage, outdoor seating (to encourage social distancing) and other required adaptations. Applications are being accepted from businesses that are open currently and businesses that are currently restricted from opening per the Alameda County Public Health Order. For more information on the program and to apply please visit our website, http://www.edenupgrade.org/

Need help growing your small business? To help us develop programs that will benefit small businesses, especially during these challenging times, we are inviting business owners in Alameda County’s unincorporated areas to participate in a short, 10-minute survey today. To complete the survey, just click on the link below! Please rest assured that all your responses are confidential and will not be shared with any third parties. Thank you for your participation! www.acgov.org/cda/ecd/2020businesssurvey.htm

Business Grant Opportunity! Thanks to extraordinarily generous funding from Lowe's, LISC is inviting small business owners in 15 locations across America to apply for the LISC-Lowe's Neighborhood Business Grants program. The application period is now open! Application Deadline is August 23rd, 2020.

We are so excited to see the Castro Valley Marketplace sign go up today! Right now they’re making sure all the brackets and mounting pieces are aligned and in place before lifting the about 700-pound sign on the front of the building.

#openforbusiness we are out delivering these Open for Business signs today! Let me know if you need one! This is a partnership with Alameda County Economic & Civic Development

Alameda County Economic and Civic Development is excited to announce that eligible businesses located in unincorporated Alameda County can receive a one-time reimbursement grant of up to $5,000 for COVID-19 related business adaptations, such as interior and exterior reconfigurations including curb-side or storefront pick-up and delivery, partitions, personal protection equipment (PPE), temporary signage, outdoor seating (to encourage social distancing) and other required adap...tations. Applications are being accepted from businesses that are open currently and businesses that are currently restricted from opening per the Alameda County Public Health Order. 82 grants will be available and selection will occur through a lottery. For more information on the program and to apply please visit our website, http://www.edenupgrade.org/ There will also be two opportunities for live web chats with us on Zoom! Tomorrow July 29, 2020 at 10am https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81150403935#success Thursday July 30, 2020 at 10am https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82781196087#success

Effective immediately, the State of California is closing some indoor business operations statewide: Dine-in Restaurants Wineries and Tasting Rooms Movie Theaters Zoos and Museums... Card Rooms Bars must close ALL operations Learn more: https://covid19.ca.gov/ See more