Business Resilience: Bilingual Technical Support and Mentorship for COVID Recovery
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Are you a business owner in the McMinnville city limits who is exhausted and facing burnout from the ongoing issues related to COVID? Between the employee shortage, inflation, supply chain challenges, and operations issues, you may wonder how to get ahead or even where “ahead” is.
The Business Resilience: Bilingual Technical Support and Mentorship for COVID Recovery program focuses on areas most businesses struggle with. It isn't typical educational content, drenched in abstract theory, and hard to implement. This program is designed to give you the actionable steps, tools, resources, and support needed to stabilize and grow to whatever size you want.
The 9-week intensive consists of three in-person workshop-style learning with peers and six one-on-one mentorship meetings with McMinnville area business consultants.
The program is at no charge for McMinnville business owners, and up to 20 businesses will be selected to participate.
Those that complete the program will walk away with a strategic growth plan, steps to stabilize and grow, and a completion incentive of $350 or more.
The program will be offered in English and Spanish.
*Paid for by The McMinnville Business Recovery and Resiliency Plan (“Plan”), a State American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) funded project secured by Rep. Ron Noble (HD-24) in the 2021 Oregon Legislative Session. The Plan addresses the ongoing issues related to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the Plan supports the community’s MacTown 2032 strategic plan goal of Economic Prosperity. This Plan is intended to have enduring value.
WORKSHOPS
Location: Community Development Center, 231 NE Fifth Street
Thursday, June 29 | 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Overview and Strategic Planning
Thursday, July 13 | 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Topics To Be Determined Based on Participants' Interests
Thursday, July 27 | 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Topics To Be Determined Based on Participants' Interests
One-on-One Mentorship Sessions
One hour of one-on-one support to implement growth strategies into your unique business model.
To maximize impact, weekly meetings are encouraged.
Session 1 - week of July 3
Session 2 - week of July 17
Session 3 - week of July 31
Session 4 - week of August 7
Session 5 - week of August 14
Session 6 - week of August 21
Eligibility & Selection Process
The program is open to Business owners who have been in business longer than one year and whose business is located within the city limits of McMinnville, Oregon.
The application form is live and closes on Wednesday, June 21st, at 5:00 p.m. The program is open to 20 participants, who will be chosen and scored based on selection criteria, including years in business, gross revenue, and net profit. Selected participants will be notified on or about Tuesday, April 18th.
The Business Resilience: Bilingual Technical Support and Mentorship for COVID Recovery program is produced by BCC Business Consulting in partnership with Willamette Valley Consultants.
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FAQ
If you have additional questions, please email Amanda at amanda@bccbusinessconsulting.com
Q: Who is eligible to apply for the Business Resilience: Bilingual Technical Support and Mentorship for COVID Recovery program?
A: Any business owner in the McMinnville city limits who have been in business for at least one year and can participate in all three in-person workshops.
Q: How long is the program?
A: The intended length of the program is 9-weeks.
Q: How many businesses can participate:
A: The program is budgeted to support up to 20 businesses.
Q: What is the charge to participate in the program?
A: There is no direct cost to the business participant. The program has been paid for by The McMinnville Business Recovery and Resiliency Plan (“Plan”), a State American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) funded project secured by Rep. Ron Noble (HD-24) in the 2021 Oregon Legislative Session. The Plan addresses the ongoing issues related to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the Plan supports the community’s MacTown 2032 strategic plan goal of Economic Prosperity. This Plan is intended to have enduring value.