Archive for October 2020
Women Entrepreneurship is on the Rise: Five Small Businesses Making Waves
October marks the 32nd anniversary of H.R. 5050: the Women’s Business Ownership Act, signed into legislation by President Reagan in 1988. The legislation empowers women to independently sign their business loan applications and makes it easier for women entrepreneurs to receive working capital,…
Read MoreWacif CEO Harold Pettigrew Joins Washington Business Journal Leadership Trust
Washington, D.C. (October 05, 2020) — The Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif) today announced that CEO Harold Pettigrew, Jr. will join the Washington Business Journal Leadership Trust (Trust), an…
Read MoreWacif Leadership Selected for Leadership Greater Washington and Leadership Montgomery Cohorts for 2021
Washington, DC (October 01, 2020) — The Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif) is proud to announce that members of its executive leadership, Harold Pettigrew, CEO; Matt Glatting, Board Member,…
Read MoreWacif Receives Competitive, National CDFI Financial Assistance Award
The Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif) today announced that, for the third consecutive year, it received the nationally competitive Financial Assistance (Base-FA) Award from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund
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