MicroEnterprise
Goodwill and the SWFL MicroEnterprise Project provide aspiring entrepreneurs with the skills they need to succeed and become more independent. Specifically, this project is designed to help individuals with low to moderate income levels and other disadvantages (including unemployment and underemployment) to start their own businesses.
The SWFL MicroEnterprise Project is available to aspiring small business owners who meet certain income requirements and live in Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry or Glades Counties. The program provides business and management training and mentoring. Upon successful completion of the program, participants may be considered for a microloan from our lending partner.
MicroEnterprise Classes:
2012 Class Schedule: Monday, February 27, 2012 (Classes will run for 6 weeks)
Classes will run: Mondays and Thursdays from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
At the Southwest Florida Enterprise Center in Fort Myers, 3903 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Any questions please contact Minerva Claudio, Administrative Assistant at (239) 995-2106, ext. 2219
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 (Classes run 10 weeks)
At the Southwest Florida Works Office, 921 Anvil Circle, LaBelle FL
Classes will run: Tuesdays, from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Any questions please contact Minerva Claudio, Administrative Assistant at (239) 995-2106, ext. 2219
Forms and Applications
Application procedure
SWFL MicroEnterprise Project Application (en español)
Become a Small Business Mentor
MicroEnterprise Grant Application
SWFL MicroEnterprise Project partners
Lee County Department of Human Services (provides funding for program)
Southwest Florida Community Foundation (provides funding for program)
Southwest Florida Enterprise Center (provides training site for participants)
Fifth Third Bank (provides funding for program)
Florida Community Bank (provides funding for program)
Edison State College - Center for Workforce & Innovation, in LaBelle FL (provides training site for participants)
* (Others yet to be announced)