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San Luis reports small‑business training program led graduates to $91,000 in planned investment
Summary
City economic development staff reported results from the USDA‑funded Fuerza Local cohort: 11 graduates reported roughly $91,000 in business investments, 34 employees, and plans to hire eight more; cohort two will begin with remaining grant funds.
Armando Esparza, San Luis director of economic development and government affairs, briefed the council on results from the city’s Fuerza Local cohort, a small‑business training program funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant.
Esparza summarized a follow‑up survey of cohort 1 graduates: “These 11 businesses that graduated, were invested about $91,000 into their businesses,” he…
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