Local resource for minority entrepreneurs shut down with no notice

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – A resource that offers underserved people in Savannah the chance to start a business closed Thursday with no warning to the employees or the entrepreneurs.

Those who worked at the Access to Capital Women’s Business Center (ACE-WBC) said they believe the closure was a result of a lack of federal funding.

“We were informed that it’s a possibility that this program would be eliminated and not be in the budget. However, the WBC as well as our sister organization, our host organization, did reassure us that it’s a possibility that we could continue on,” Former Program Director at ACE-WBC Savannah Vernell Stewart said. “I was hoping that we could actually weather the storm, but it looks like we just weren’t able to.”…

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