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Establishing an Iowa Microenterprise Foundation
Leopold Center Completed Grant Reports
Project ID
M2008-28
Abstract
An Iowa group was formed to offer funding and advice to small business entrepreneurs with a focus on local food enterprises.
Key Question
Can an Iowa Microenterprise Foundation focused on providing capital and technical assistance to a wide range of small entrepreneurs across Iowa offer effective access to capital financing for local food system entrepreneurs?
Findings
Iowa Microloan can and has developed relationships that culminate in loans and technical assistance to local food entrepreneurs who do not have access to conventional credit.
Principal Investigator(s)
Mark A. Edelman
Co-Investigator(s)
Ron Prescott
Year of Grant Completion
2010
Disciplines
Citation Information
Mark A. Edelman and Ronald S. Prescott. "Establishing an Iowa Microenterprise Foundation" (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark-edelman/15/