Minorities own just under 20% of American small businesses. In Kansas City, that ownership is 5%. We’re here to help uplift the numbers.

Minority-owned businesses are vital to the U.S. economy. They anchor neighborhoods. They

provide jobs and additional opportunities for people in their communities. The numbers suggest that Kansas City needs more pathways leading to successful minority entrepreneurship, skills training, and appropriate financial support to start and expand minority businesses. Yet new businesses won’t help low-income neighborhoods if the people that live there don’t have jobs with the salaries to support them.

Urban Market Investments’ synergistic approach tackles both sides of the problem by offering:

Loans and micro-financing to get minority-owned businesses credit-ready for growth to the next level.

Access to certification programs and training that help people land in-demand technical jobs (coming soon).

We provide access to technical assistance to entrepreneurs to help them grow their businesses.

This work is necessary, needed, and now. Join us. The good start to great businesses.

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