Community First Fund Women’s Business Center Unveils Entrepreneurial Speaker SeriesThe Women’s Business Center at Community First Fund is pleased to announce its new initiative – the Entrepreneurial Speakers Series. Each month the Women’s Business Center will feature a different successful female entrepreneur who will share her experiences of business achievements and lessons learned. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session and networking with light refreshments and food.
The first Entrepreneurial Speakers Series event will be held on March 5, 2010 at 4:30 pm at Community First Fund’s Lancaster office, located at 30 West Orange Street. Presenting on the topic of “Networking to Build Your Business: Succeeding in Today’s Current Environment” will be Liz Martin, the fourth generation owner of Martin Insurance Agency.
The cost of Series is $10 and advance registration, which can be done online, is strongly encouraged.
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Client Story: Expressly Local Foods/Fulton InvestmentOn February 3, 2010, Community First Fund announced Fulton Bank’s $500,000 investment in its loan fund at Expressly Local Food, a new natural foods market owned by Kharran Cattell and Cheryl Young. Expressly Local Foods is located in Lancaster city and is a Community First Fund loan customer.
Fulton Bank’s investment allows Community First to lend money to people like Gene Aleci, President of Community Heritage Partners (CHP) and the owner of the building that houses Expressly Local. In turn, Aleci was able to renovate the building which had been occupied by various entities since the 1960s when the former owners, the Beittles, ceased business operations. Renovations however had not been done since that time and the upper floors of the building have been vacant for more 50 years. Now, after considerable work and improvements by Aleci, the first floor of the building houses three businesses – Expressly Local Foods, Not Bad Design, and Community Heritage Partners. View event video.
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