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Accessing the Resources and Capital to Support Economic Development - Part 3 (Virtual Training Session)

Accessing the Resources and Capital to Support Economic Development - Part 3 (Virtual Training Session)

The third installment in this 3-part training series explored the use of federal contracting to grow tribal enterprises and 8(a) businesses, including training on various types of federal contracts and some important considerations that tribal entities should be aware of as they seek out federal contracts. 

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Accessing the Resources and Capital to Support Economic Development - Part 2 (Virtual Training Session)

Accessing the Resources and Capital to Support Economic Development - Part 2 (Virtual Training Session)

This session is the second installment in this 3-part training series and will describe approaches that tribal business entities, small business owners, and entrepreneurs can use as borrowers to cultivate relationships with lenders and investors to support economic development. 

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Accessing the Resources and Capital to Support Economic Development - Part 1 (Virtual Training Session)

Accessing the Resources and Capital to Support Economic Development - Part 1 (Virtual Training Session)

This session provides a non-exhaustive list of funding sources and the eligible uses and combinations of these sources as well as training on how to advance economic development through external borrowing/financing of activities (as opposed to purely grant-funded approaches) during the development and implementation of financing plans. 

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Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

The CoP has featured these SME due to their knowledge, expertise, and experience in Indigenous economic development projects across the country and beyond boarders.
View the CoP’s featured SME bios, contact information, and featured events they were a part of.