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Mission To encourage the development of Hispanic/Latino
businesses in Yakima County and contiguous areas by providing a support base for educational and economic growth opportunities.
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (HCC) shall serve as an advocate for Latino/Hispanic business issues and as a partner in
support of issues confronting the Latino/Hispanic community as a whole.
Goals
- Support for growth & expansion of Latino owned businesses
- Promote individual businesses
- Connect members to technology and website development
- Provide business assistance in partnership with state agencies and others
- Identify procurement contracting opportunities with public sectors & private corporations
- Partner with all chambers of commerce, corporations and other business groups
- Promote awareness within majority community
- Provide youth mentoring opportunities and scholarships
Provide technical assistance for small new businesses in regard to obtaining licenses, accounting set up and access to loans;
The Yakima HCC took the lead in discussion of a revolving loan fund for Hispanics that did not qualify for bank financing.
Microlending Revolving Loan Fund was initiated in 1996 under a separate non profit corporation of which to date over 3 million dollars of loan capital has been made available to emerging businesses of which about 90 are Latino/Hispanic businesses.
Prime sponsor of the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Grande in downtown Yakima since 2001.
Partner with Better Business Bureau in helping curtail scams targeting Latino businesses.
| Proud member of USHCC |
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| Better Business Bureau |
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