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Family, Culture, and Excellence

AJL Group started with an $8,000 contract to fix rain gutters. Only two years later, the Cincinnati-based commercial roofing company...

A Recipe for Resilience

“I've wanted to own a bakery since I was 12 years old,” said Selena Hunt, proprietor of Flour Girls Baking Company, a Gallipolis, Ohio...

A Rural Gem of High-Quality Finds

Imagine the smell of a fishing bait and tackle shop. If you aren’t detecting notes of gourmet roasted coffee, therapeutic-grade essential...

Support Our Community of Women-Owned Small Businesses

Discover unique businesses owned by members of the Women's Business Centers of Ohio

ECDI to Open SBA-Supported Women's Business Center in Partnership with Shawnee State University

New Women’s Business Center of Central Appalachia Will Provide Training, Assistance and Loan Capital to Women-Owned Small Businesses...

Valentine's Day Local Gift Guide

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner! Whether that fact makes you grin or groan, there’s no doubt that, after the year we just...

MBE, WBE and EDGE Programs - what you need to know

In the pre-COVID economy, women and minority entrepreneurs, by and large, enjoyed less access to business capital and opportunities than...

ECDI's COVID Response: A Lifeline for Small Businesses

The organization scaled to reach 300% of capacity in three months. People of color were 70% of entrepreneurs served and 51% were women.