Overview
City Name: Durango, Colorado
Population: 19,071
Partner: La Plata Food Equity Coalition
Problem: Due to the gap in services for rural and Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs, the City of Durango wanted to expand their bilingual food business navigation to support more businesses and industries.
Solution: Over the course of six months, with the support of NLC’s Advancing Economic Mobility Rapid Grant program, the City of Durango and the La Plata Food Equity Coalition launched a two-pronged strategy to both expand their bilingual food business navigation services to explore new industry categories and provide new businesses with start-up capital and mentorship.
Outcome: Through their engagement with NLC, the Bilingual Business Navigator provided hundreds of hours of customized support for 28 entrepreneurs and funded three businesses to support their growth.
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