{"id":18294,"date":"2013-01-29T13:49:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T18:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=18294"},"modified":"2013-01-29T13:49:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T18:49:51","slug":"swfl-microenterprise-accepting-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/01\/swfl-microenterprise-accepting-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"SWFL Microenterprise <br>Accepting Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/swfl-microenterprise-accepting-applications\/southwest-florida-microenterprise\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18295\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18295\" title=\"Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Southwest-Florida-MicroEnterprise.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a>The Goodwill Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise Institute hopes to increase the number of successful small businesses in Fort Myers and Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The program, which provides small business training for individuals with low-to-moderate income or are otherwise disadvantaged, will begin a new session Feb. 18.<\/p>\n<p>Applications are available at:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodwillswfl.org\/microenterprise\">www.goodwillswfl.org\/microenterprise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Program participants will complete a six-week training course, made up of three-hour classes, two nights a week. Mentors will work directly with participants to help the potential small business owners prepare a business plan.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Since the launch of the program in 2010, 109 entrepreneurs have graduated from the program.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the six-week program, graduates will have the opportunity to apply for small startup grants and microloans to help launch their new business ventures.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in applying, or who would like to mentor future small business owners, may call (239) 995-2106 ext. 2215.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Goodwill Southwest Florida MicroEnterprise Institute hopes to increase the number of successful small businesses in Fort Myers and Southwest Florida. The program, which provides small business training for individuals&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}