Maryland Capital Enterprises, Inc. (MCE) has secured a grant from the Small Business Administration (SBA) to operate Women’s Business Centers (WBC) in Salisbury and Baltimore. The Salisbury WBC serves women entrepreneurs in the eight-county Eastern Shore area. The Baltimore WBC serves women entrepreneurs in the Baltimore City, Baltimore County and Anne Arundel County.
Both WBC locations will provide technical assistance to women entrepreneurs through counseling, classroom and virtual trainings and, mentorship though local women entrepreneurs. The WBCs will also offer loan funds for women looking to start or grow their businesses. Our goal is to empower these women to grow their businesses, create jobs and generate wealth. The MCE WBC’s activities are designed to produce a substantial positive economic impact in the communities we serve, with successful business start-ups, job creation and retention as well as increased company revenues and growth.
Lisa Twilley of Salisbury is the Director of the Women’s Business Center (WBC). Director Lisa Twilley stated, “We are so very thankful for the funding provided by the SBA. This funding will allow MCE to not only continue our services, but also expand them to provide women with much more needed assistance. This is especially important as we begin to emerge from the COVID-19 Pandemic and into a new economy. The resources provided by the SBA grant will help Maryland’s women entrepreneurs reach their dreams of owning their own small business and we are excited to be able to help them along the way.”
MCE is a non-profit micro-business finance and assistance agency that provides loans and assistance to small businesses on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and in the Baltimore-Annapolis area. Based in Salisbury, with an office in Baltimore the firm is certified by the US Dept. of the Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution. It is also certified as an Intermediary Micro-lender for the Small Business Administration, the US Dept. of Agriculture, and the State of Maryland.
For more information on MCE, please visit: www.marylandcapital.org.
For further information about the Women’s Business Center, please contact Lisa Twilley, at ltwilley@marylandcapital.org or call 410-546-1900 x108.
The WBC is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.
