Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Memphis Urban League seeks $150,000 from county to sustain BETA entrepreneurship program
Summary
At the Budget & Finance Committee meeting, Memphis Urban League CEO Gail Jones Carson sought $150,000 in county funding to sustain the 14‑week BETA Business Entrepreneurship Training Accelerator for early‑stage firms; a program graduate, Emma N. Dunn, described concrete business benefits she received from the training.
Gail Jones Carson, chief executive officer of the Memphis Urban League, appeared before the Shelby County Budget & Finance Committee on June 11 to ask the county to consider a $150,000 contribution to sustain the organization’s Business Entrepreneurship Training Accelerator (BETA).
Lede: The Urban League presented the BETA program as a 14‑week training course designed for companies in business 1–3 years; the program teaches finance, marketing, licensing and other business fundamentals and aims to position graduates to seek financing and grow employment.
Nut graf: The request comes as the program’s initial…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
