CIMC Native Entrepreneur Training Graduate News:

CIMC 2018 Native Entrepreneur Training Program Graduated 24 Emerging Entrepreneurs

Graduates of the 2018 CIMC Leadership Training for Entrepreneurial / Small Business / Economic Development class were honored with a graduation banquet at the Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California on April 25, 2018. See Media Releases for each Graduate.

- posted April 27, 2018
"Graffiti Coffee," co-owned by CIMC Native Entrepreneur Graduate, recently held Grand Opening

Graffiti Coffee held a grand opening in Aguanga, California in mid-November 2017. This drive-through coffee shop, bringing specialty coffee and art together, located on Highway 371, is co-owned by Sarah Tinsley, a 2013 CIMC Native Entrepreneur Graduate and member of the Cahuilla Band of Indians. Read more about this inspiring entrepreneurial project in the articles published in local newspapers, Wake up and Smell the Local Businesses in the High Country Journal, and AnzaXchange interviews Grafitt Coffee's Leash family in the Anza Valley Outlook.

- posted December 18, 2017
CIMC Native Entrepreneur Training Graduate recognized as "Outstanding" at National Native Employment conference

CIMC participant Vania Garcia was one of four individuals recognized as an "Outstanding Participant" at the 38th National Indian and Native American Employment / Public Law 102-477 Training held in Los Angeles, California, May 21-26, 2017.

Ms. Garcia, a member of the Mesa Grande Band of Indians, completed the CIMC Native Entrepreneur Training program this past April and is in the process of opening her business, Vania's Visions. Ms. Christina Arzate, CIMC Workforce Development Coordinator III, travelled from the CIMC Escondido Field Office to be present for the awards ceremony.

- posted June 20, 2017

CIMC Native Entrepreneur Training Graduate Jean LaMarr is recipient of Artadia James D. Phelan Award in the Visual Arts

The San Francisco Foundation bestows a variety of awards in literature, visual arts, film/video, and playwriting each year that help foster innovation and individual artistic growth within our community. Since 2005, The San Francisco Foundation has worked in partnership with the national arts funder, Artadia to support outstanding Bay Area artists. Artadia provides visual art awards in seven U.S. cities, including San Francisco. The San Francisco Foundation funds one of the four cash awards, the James D. Phelan Award, given to one standout artist from among the ten finalists. Jean LaMarr, from the Paiute and Pit River Tribes was this standout artist. Ms. LaMarr is the owner/director of the Native American Graphics Workshop in Susanville, California.

- posted June 16, 2017
CIMC Native Entrepreneur Training Graduate's Business recognized as 2016 New Business of the Year by Ukiah Main Street Program

Each year the Ukiah Main Street Program recently announced the Business of the Year Awards. Among the awardees was Feathers Hair Artistry, owned by CIMC Participant, Shirley Matilton Feather. Ms. Feather, a member of the Yurok Tribe, opened her salon following her graduation from the CIMC Leadership Training for Entrepreneurial / Small Business / Economic Development in March 2016.

The Mission of the Ukiah Main Street Program is to preserve and enhance what makes Ukiah, California a great place.

- posted March 13, 2017
CIMC Native Entrepreneur Training Graduate recognized as "Outstanding" at National Native Employment conference

CIMC participant Norma Contreras was one of four individuals recognized as an "Outstanding Participant" at the 37th National Indian and Native American Employment / Public Law 102-477 Training held in Reno, Nevada, August 21-25, 2016.

Ms. Contreras, a member of the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, completed the CIMC Native Entrepreneur Training program this past March and is in the process of opening her business, Healing Hearts. Ms. Christina Arzate, CIMC Workforce Development Coordinator III, travelled from the CIMC Escondido Field Office to be present for the awards ceremony.

- posted August 31, 2016

 

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