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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. 

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Goals

  1. Support for growth & expansion of Latino owned businesses
  2. Promote individual businesses
  3. Connect members to technology and website development
  4. Provide business assistance in partnership with state agencies and others
  5. Identify procurement contracting opportunities with public sectors & private corporations
  6. Partner with all chambers of commerce, corporations and other business groups
  7. Promote awareness within majority community
  8. Provide youth mentoring opportunities and scholarships
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Programs

  • 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.


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