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Wells Fargo awards grant to help smallest businesses

An effort to boost success for mom-and-pop business owners and low-income farmers got a $25,000 boost last week from Wells Fargo Bank. Virginia Elandt, microenterprise program manager for NeighborWorks Umpqua, said the money will help pay for one-on-one counseling for businesses with five or fewer employees. “We have seen an increase in need in the community. We’re working with roughly 70 small-business clients at any time,” Elandt said. The microenterprise program has a budget of $240,000 and two employees, Elandt and Bob Hillis, a part-time business counselor who also works for the Small Business Development Center at Umpqua Community College. …

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