Posts Tagged ‘ECDI’

Free Rent for a Year

Starting a business, building a brand and creating a presence in the community is not easy for anyone. For Julie Wilkes, owner of Seven Studios, it is the culmination of years of hard work. Through Kickstart Columbus −a partnership with The Economic & Community Development Institute, Columbus City...

May 23rd, 2013 | ECDI Spotlight | Read More

Iraqi immigrant building success with the help of ECDI

For the past six weeks, the Economic and Community Development Institute has participated in the Huffington Post JobRaising Challenge. This challenge has provided ECDI with a platform to let the nation know how we help small businesses, people and the community. Did you know we have programs that serve...

February 28th, 2013 | ECDI Spotlight | Read More

Woman-owned businesses thriving at ECDI’s Food Fort

Bleu & Fig Owner Brooke Kinsey is one of the fabulous female business owners taking advantage of a unique entrepreneurial boost available only in Columbus. The Eddie Grayson Culinary Lab at the Economic and Community Development Institute −a fully licensed kitchen for caterers, bakers, and individual...

December 27th, 2012 | ECDI Spotlight | Read More

Devera Naturals launches at Celebrate Local thanks to ECDI

After 30 years of entrepreneurial experience as the founder of Sport Deco Inc. and Linda Joffe & Associates, cancer survivor Linda Joffe undertook the task of turning a line of all natural, home-produced skincare products into a cosmetic line that is shelf stable. Joffe dug out her college chemistry...

October 25th, 2012 | ECDI Spotlight | Read More

Daycare center designed to meet needs of working families

Sisters and working moms Ayan Yusuf and Safiya Ismail were frustrated because they were unable to find clean, safe daycare center options that fit their second shift work schedules. They knew that other parents faced the same problem. Rather than continuing to look for a solution to their dilemma,...

August 30th, 2012 | ECDI Spotlight | Read More

ECDI’s commercial kitchen now open

The Economic and Community Development Institute recently hosted a grand opening celebration for its new commercial kitchen. Located within The Food Fort at 1655 Old Leonard Rd. in Columbus, the commercial kitchen was created with the small business culinary startup in mind, as it allows companies...

August 22nd, 2012 | Announcements | Read More

Ceilmax provides cost-effective solutions with help from ECDI

I did not, in fact, know that the National Safety Council estimates that slip and fall accidents cost American businesses $70 billion dollars every year and account for 95 million days of lost work. At least I didn’t know that until after my conversation with Bill Richardson, the knowledgeable...

July 26th, 2012 | ECDI Spotlight | Read More

ECDI expands to Cleveland

The Columbus-based Economic and Community Development Institute launched its Cleveland operation yesterday. To create a new ecosystem of support for neighborhood businesses, ECDI will partner with the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Huntington Bank, the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Commission...

July 18th, 2012 | Announcements | Read More