Latino chamber receives $45,000 grant

The Latino Chamber of Commerce of Dane County has received a $45,000 Entrepreneurship Support Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., according to a release from WEDC. The grant will help the organization create a training program for Latino business owners to learn and improve the skills needed to strategically expand their businesses. The organization is one of 13 around the state that is receiving funding to help small businesses with training, legal services, and coping with COVID-19. The WEDC grants total $529,000. Since 2016, WEDC’s Entrepreneurship Support Grants have invested more than $2.4 million in groups statewide working to improve and increase access to entrepreneurial resources.