It’s free money, more than $60 million in total, and a Minneapolis business owner is encouraging others to go after the second round of funding available now from the MN PROMISE Act.
Signed into law by Governor Tim Walz during the 2023 legislative session, the MN PROMISE Act was created and designed to provide financial support to small businesses in communities adversely affected by structural racial discrimination, civil unrest, and lack of access to capital.
“The money I received allowed me to update materials and supplies for my childcare center,” said Sally Boyd, who owns and runs Personality Childcare Learning Center in North Minneapolis. “It helped me structure and refresh my classroom to better serve families, giving support and stability to working parents who rely on my daycare daily.”…