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Business Resource Center

"Three Paths to Economic Advancement"

Address / Direccion: Plaza Verde 1516 E Lake Street, Suite 202  Minneapolis, MN 55407 (click on the address for a map/ haga clic en la direccion para ver un mapa) Phone number / Numero Telefonico:   (612) 724-6363 (612) 724-6064 Fax Hours / Horario:  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday through Friday Lunes a Viernes   Current Newsletter (Click Here)

The Lake Street Business and Career Center, scheduled to open in February 2005 in the old Antiques Minnesota renovation will give low-income communities of color and recent immigrants a powerful resource to plan and pursue their life dreams.

The project is a collaborative effort which brings together three distinct career paths for low- and moderate-income people living in South Minneapolis:

• Entrepreneurship classes, coordinated by the Neighborhood Development Center, with active involvement from the African Development Center, the Latino Economic Development Center, and the Minneapolis Consortium of Community Development;
  
• Workforce entry and career advancement, led by Goodwill/Easter Seals (more);
  
• College degree-track education, led by the Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

Entrepreneurship classes are ongoing, and will be supplemented by a resource room in the Center furnished with content from all of the partners and the Minneapolis Public Library. Business counselors will be in the office Monday through Friday, as will workforce training and placement counselors from Goodwill Easter Seals, and college admissions counselors from Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Providing the services in relevant languages, right in their own neighborhood, will ensure accessibility for participants, and increase their chances for success.