City of North Las Vegas recently issued the following announcement.
The City of North Las Vegas, UNLV’s Small Business Development Center, Employ NV Business Hub, and Access Community Capital announced the opening of the Small Business Connector at a ribbon cutting ceremony on October 12. The NLV Connector is a one-stop shop located inside North Las Vegas City Hall that helps businesses launch and expand, provides loans at subprime rates to entrepreneurs and connects job seekers with employers.
Funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the NLV Connector is part of the City’s ongoing COVID response to assist workers, families, and businesses impacted by the global pandemic through the smart and effective use of federal aid. North Las Vegas is placing a special emphasis on assisting North Las Vegas-based Hispanic-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and Black-owned businesses, but all small businesses and entrepreneurs can benefit from the NLV Connector.
The NLV Connector is the first in Nevada to have an Employ NV Business Hub located inside a City Hall.
“Since the beginning of the pandemic, North Las Vegas leadership has prioritized providing assistance to our residents and our businesses to make it through the economic slowdown,” Mayor John Lee said. “Today we came together with this solution in mind: empower small business owners and entrepreneurs to start or grow their business right here in North Las Vegas.”
North Las Vegas City Councilmembers Scott Black and Pamela Goynes-Brown joined other state and local dignitaries to celebrate the NLV Connector’s opening, including Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske; State Senator Pat Spearman; Dr. Michael Brown, Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED); Dr. Richard Kravchak, Dean of the School of Arts and Letters at CSN; Victor Rodriguez, Director of Community Partnerships at Nellis AFB; Robert Brooks, Chief of Community Engagement with the 432 Wing at Creech AFB; and representatives from UNLV, the Small Business Administration, the Nevada Department of Veterans Services, and many others.
Also in attendance were Amanda and Matt Payan, the sibling co-owners of North 5th Brewing Co., North Las Vegas’ first craft brewery and taproom.
“To know that I can come to the Small Business Center and find employees trained and ready to work is a huge help to small business owners like us,” Ms. Payan said.
Partners in the NLV Connector include: UNLV’s Small Business Development Center, which will provide business owners free expertise on how to start and grow a business; Access Community Capital, which will provide small business owners and startup entrepreneurs business loans at subprime rates, with a focus on women, veteran and minority-owned leaders; and the Employ NV Business Hub, which connects job seekers and employers, and supports expanding companies with on-the-job training for new hires.
The NLV Connector is located inside North Las Vegas City Hall (2250 Las Vegas Blvd. N., North Las Vegas, NV 89030) and is open Monday - Thursday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Learn more about the NLV Connector.
View and download high-res images of the ribbon-cutting.
Original source can be found here.
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