We provide financial & educational resources for low-income, minority, rural, women, and veteran business owners. This account has moved to @pathway_lending

Nashville, TN
Joined January 2015
The Pathway Women's Business Center supports Pathway Lending in providing financial and educational resources to business owners across Tennessee. All updates from Pathway will now only come from @Pathway_Lending as this account goes static. Follow along for news and updates!
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Yesterday, Pathway's VP of Stakeholder & Client Development, Katie Hendrix, joined the Find Your Funding Panel hosted by TSBDC for Startup Week Chattanooga! Don't forget to join Pathway's From Idea To First Sale panel this afternoon. ๐ŸŽค#StartUpWeekCha2021 #ReigniteCha #ChaHeart
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Earlier this month, Pathway Lending joined Nashville's News Channel 5's Open Line Program and shared how we're supporting Tennessee minority and women-owned businesses access capital and technical assistance. Watch here: ow.ly/bg9050GrAUC
๐™Ž๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š for our inaugural African American Business Summit on November 8-9! Learn from expert presenters and experienced business owners how you can access funding and put it to work growing your business in this two-night event. pathwaylending.org/summit202โ€ฆ
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Have you heard about @startupweekcha!? Join Pathway on October 20 for an in-depth conversation with a serial entrepreneur, lender, and a local business owner. This will be an open conversation followed by Q&A. ๐Ÿ’ก #startupweekcha2021 #ReigniteCha links.pathwaylending.org/staโ€ฆ
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This #ManufacturingDay Pathway is recognizing Crescent Socks, a 119 year-old sock-mill in Tennessee! The CEO Cathy Allen, and her sister manage Crescent Socks and are the fourth generation of the founder! More than a century after opening, quality jobs remain their top priority!
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Shout out to Jarlecia Jones, the Director of @PathwayWBC, for being featured in the Nashville Business Journal, along with several of our peers! โ€œYou donโ€™t have to know everything on your own. There are people out there willing to help you, to support you, to cheer you on.โ€
These execs are building networks for women in Nashville business bizjournals.com/nashville/neโ€ฆ
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We are excited to welcome Tracy Buckley as the Memphis Medical District Investment Fund Director! Tracy will support the MMDIF, a $30 million capital fund dedicated to support development of residential & mixed-use projects in the Memphis Medical District! ow.ly/vpnE50GjJ30
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๐‚๐ก๐ž๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ'๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ! Read more about Pathway's $1 million grant from Wells Fargo, meet a new team member, and find out which Pathway client made this week's Made in TN Manufacturer of the Week! ๐ŸŽ‰ ow.ly/Fdr250GjNqR
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If an essential Reserve or National Guard employee is called to active duty, @SBAgov provides loans to help eligible small businesses with operating expenses. Check out the MREIDL to see if your #VetBiz can benefit: bit.ly/Sept21VetBiz10
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Pathway Lending secured a $1 million grant from Wells Fargo to expand its Flex Fund- a new source of "patient" growth capital- to minority-owned and woman-owned businesses in key markets across Tennessee, including Chattanooga, Knoxville and Nashville. links.pathwaylending.org/1-mโ€ฆ
We're celebrating #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth with our friends and clients at Aenon Auto Recycling & Parts. After leaving Mexico and moving to Tennessee, Leonardo and his nephew, Edgar, purchased Aenon Auto Recycling & Parts in 2015. Pathway helped support their expansion!
#ICYMI The SBA made changes to the EIDL Program! Funds can now be used for operating expenses including payroll, rent/mortgage, utilities and other expenses.
We're making improvements to the COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. One example: the cap will be lifted from $500K to $2M. Funds can be used for operating expenses & working capital, including payroll, purchasing equipment, & more. โ–ถ๏ธ Apply now: sba.gov/eidl?utm_source=twitโ€ฆ
Are you a woman veteran small business owner? Take advantage of Pathway WBC! Your local WBC can provide guidance based on your communityโ€™s needs to help you plan for the future: bit.ly/Sept21VetBiz3 #VetBiz
#DYK there are 22 Veterans Business Outreach Centers located across the country equipped with small business resources to help you plan for, prevent, and manage disasters? @pathwayvboc
Pathway Lending received its first New Markets Tax Credits award, a $30 million allocation from the CDFI Fund. As a first time recipient, Pathway will deploy the investment in low-income urban and rural communities across Tennessee. Read more here: links.pathwaylending.org/nmtโ€ฆ
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Pathway WBC retweeted
NEXT WEEK: The National #SmallBusinessWeek Virtual Summit begins ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ. During the event, you'll learn new business strategies, meet other business owners, chat with industry experts and more! Register here: sba.gov/nsbw
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September is National Preparedness Month! @pathwayvboc can assist you with assessing risks for your small business and preparing for the future. Check out the different counseling opportunities and resources available for #VetBiz owners: bit.ly/Sept21VetBiz2
"Iโ€™m excited that Pathway Lending had an opportunity to be a part of the outreach efforts of our mayor and our cityโ€™s economic and community development department to connect with African American business owners. We look forward to future collaboration..." Quentin, VP Lending.
For this National Black Business Month I met (virtually) with local Black entrepreneurs to discuss how Chattanooga can help ensure their prosperity. Strong local economies make opportunity inclusive of all. Support your neighborhood Black-owned businessesโ€”both this & every month!
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Huge shoutout to Pathway WBC Board of Advisor, Mignon Francois, on her success with @cupcaketweets and her interview with @HodaAndJenna!
.@hodakotb catches up with Mignon Francois (@cupcaketweets), founder and CEO of The Cupcake Collection, a multimillion-dollar business she built from scratch after starting out in a home with no electricity.
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