Entrepreneur and Small Business Training Program
Goal: Promote sustainable healthy economic development through direct assistance to local entrepreneurs in learning the tools of the trade required to successfully launch and grow their small business concepts.
Funding
Made possible in 2009/10 by a United States Department of Agriculture grant with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the City of Maricopa was pleased to offer local entrepreneurs and businesses with the opportunity to receive targeted training and assistance to grow their local enterprises. It will continue this program in the 2010/11 Fiscal Year with independent funds.
Program Overview
According to Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation in a statement in October of 2008, “More than 70 percent of voters say the health of the economy depends on the success of entrepreneurs, and a full 80 percent want to see the government use its resources to actively encourage entrepreneurship in
Program Applicants
- Interested in applying for admittance into the Fall 2010 session?
Download the application form today. - Need more information from the City? Contact the Economic Develoment Office at economicdevelopment@maricopa-az.gov or call 520/316.6812.