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Odis Jones Explains How to Strengthen Your Rural Community’s Economy

The Startup Magazine

million dollars in 2007, all of it owing to the nonprofit arts and culture organizations that are present. Douglas, Georgia revived its downtown through a streetscape project funded partially by a federal Transportation Enhancements grant. The Greater Paducah region generated $39.9 million dollars in local and state government revenue.

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43 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I started SnapCap after realizing that the traditional business loan model just doesn’t work for small businesses. Small businesses don’t have mass amounts of money to weather financial curveballs or hardship, nor can they afford the lengthy time it takes for banks to approve them a loan.