AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoLocal Grants & Community Business Boost: Mount Jackson launched the “Better Together” collaborative grant, offering $12,000 annually (up to $1,000 per partnership) to help local businesses team up on new products and marketing. Holiday Small Business Push: Pinckney’s “Light Up the Park” is seeking sponsors to keep the Nov. 28 event free, with activities and business participation tied to Small Business Saturday. Local Food & Retail Fundraisers: Minden’s Joe LeBlanc Food Pantry is running a canned-food sculpture competition where businesses collect donations, build sculptures, and raise money for “Feed a Family.” Workforce & Skills: Hull and East Yorkshire are set to get extra funding to expand apprenticeships and match young people with local employers. Tech for SMBs (and privacy): Inhouse.AI launched “Fortress” to keep AI legal chats private and protected by attorney-client privilege. Payments Funding: Walapay raised $4.6M to help local businesses settle and move money across borders using stablecoin-based rails. Business Risk & Compliance: Georgia AG secured convictions of 17 people in a $500k PPP fraud case, a reminder of enforcement risk for small-business lending. Business Operations & Costs: Texas Comptroller signed an order ending a “hidden tax” that hit marketplace fees for small businesses.
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