From The Telegraph. Scott Cousins, scousins thetelegraph com Dec. 23, 2021 EDWARDSVILLE – The East Alton Village Board has approved giving two vacant lots …
How One Funder Uses All the Tools in Its KitIncluding Advocacy-to Improve Children’s Lives
By Inside Philanthropy. By Dawn Wolfe IP last touched on Missouri’s Deaconess Foundation in our June article about the state’s Racial Healing + …
People in Business: Deli Star, CSI Leasing, Harbour Group promotions
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Magic House, St. Louis Children’s Museum, named Derrick Docket as director of marketing. 4M Building Solutions added …
Slay promoted to portfolio manager at Justine Petersen
From the News Break. By Editorial Calendar Stephanie Slay was recently promoted to the position of portfolio manager At Justine Petersen Housing Investment Corporation …
Collier was promoted to chief partnership officer at Justine Petersen
From the St. Louis American. Aug 24, 2021 Shawna Collier was recently promoted to chief partnership officer at Justine Petersen. She came to …
Center opening on Peoria’s South Side to help build minority businesses
August 5, 2021 By: Paige Blanzy PEORIA (HOI) — A five year long project is opening on the South Side of Peoria, …
Peoria’s Minority Business Development Center opening, hoping to elevate the community
From CiProud.com by: Darronté Matthews Posted: Aug 5, 2021 / 10:55 PM CDT / Updated: Aug 5, 2021 / 10:55 PM CDT PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — It’s …
HOW A LOAN FUND HELPED A ST. LOUIS ENTREPRENEUR TRANSFORM AND SCALE HER BUSINESS
From the Black Enterprise. by Charter Communications (Spectrum) February 23, 2021 Tiffany Wesley, founder of Pure Vibes Tiffany Wesley’s St. Louis-based business was …
First Bank invests $250k into Justine Petersen’s COVID-19 relief fund for Illinois small businesses
From the Illinois Business Journal First Bank has invested $250,000 into Justine Petersen’s recently birthed COVID-19 Relief Fund for Small Businesses located …
Yet another St. Louis bank invests in small businesses, low-income neighborhoods
From the St. Louis Business Journal J.P Morgan Chase is investing $200,000 in a loan fund for small businesses operated by Justine Petersen, a …
Breaking Through and Breaking Down the Delmar Divide in St. Louis
From the Next City For generations, racial covenants and redlining devastated housing in the city’s historically African-American …
Bank of Blue Valley invests in microlending at Women’s Business Center
From the Kansas City Business Journal An agreement between Overland Park-based Bank of Blue Valley and the Women’s Business Center is designed to …