MEDIA ADVISORY: Small Business Owners Learn How They Can ‘Power Up’ Their Neighborhood Shops

Contact: Linda Wallace, 215-751-8082, liswallace@ccp.edu
Rhonda L. Lipschutz, 215-751-8021, rlipschutz@ccp.edu

WHAT: From the Northeast to West Philly, storefront businesses, the barbershops, bodegas, restaurants and day care centers located throughout the city’s 265 commercial corridors help make neighborhoods safer and spur economic growth. Since January, Community College of Philadelphia’s new initiative, Power Up Your Business, has offered these important business owners free workshops to help them manage and plan for growth, and connect with valuable resources. Discover services that can help your business grow. Partners include the College, PIDC, Philadelphia Department of Commerce and more.

WHO: Owners of all types of businesses from corner grocery stores to hair salons, child care centers to a café and lounge have benefited from the program. The Store Owner Series of workshops have attracted 85 businesses from 39 different zip codes.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 20, 2017, 6 to 9 p.m.

WHERE: Community College of Philadelphia’s West Regional Center, 4725 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa.

DETAILS: The College partnered with Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, Philadelphia City Council, and the City Commerce Department, all of whom are committed to a block-by-block reinvigoration of retail along neighborhood shopping corridors in every part of the city. At this resource event, business owners will discover services that can help their businesses grow. Partners include the College, Philadelphia Industrial Development Center (PIDC), the City Commerce Department and more.