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Solar for All NOLA is a City led program aimed at increasing awareness and access to affordable solar and battery storage options for all residents of New Orleans. Solar for All NOLA is a partnership between the City of New Orleans, The Greater New Orleans Foundation, PosiGen, and Solar Alternatives. By partnering with local solar developers, the program offers free feasibility studies to all interested households and businesses, provides leasing and financing options, and low-cost energy efficiency upgrades for those ready to make the switch to solar.
Solar for All NOLA’s approach is focused on creating equitable access to solar energy for all residents of New Orleans, regardless of income or background. By partnering with trusted, local companies and organizations, we hope to meet and exceed our Climate Action Plan goal of 1,400 individual installs, or 10 Megawatts (MW) of solar power by 2030, and make New Orleans homes and businesses more resilient, affordable, and sustainable for years to come.”
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Calling all entrepreneurs and small business owners in the GNO region! Share your insights and help shape the future of the GNO business landscape. Take the 2024 GNO Startup Survey now! www.GNOStartupReport.com
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Business incubator is open for entrepreneurs who are looking for co-working space. Interest form: https://airtable.com/appKxGmVOoghaxjte/shrvz8hxYkeoUglNB
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The Energy Smart New Construction offering provides incentives for qualifying projects to adopt and implement energy-efficient design and construction that goes beyond the design baseline. In order to qualify, applications must be submitted during the design phase of the new construction project. Annual Customer Incentive Cap of $600,000 across all projects and customer accounts.
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America's Seed Fund help startups navigate the earliest stages of technology translation.
Qualifications:
Impact: Make a difference to people worldwide or revolutionize an industry.
Technological Innovation: You need research and development funding to create new products, services, and other scalable solutions based on fundamental science or engineering. NSF does not fund straightforward engineering or incremental product development tasks.
Scale: If you successfully bring your product or service to market, it could form the foundation for a scalable business and make a large impact in your target market.
Market Pull: You have evidence that your product or service could meet an important, unmet need for your customers.
Are you interested in becoming a certified disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) with the City's State and Local Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (SLDBE) Program? The Office of Supplier Diversity (OSD) is here to help you through the process.
What are the certification requirements?
- Your firm must be at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged persons who are U.S. citizens or lawfully admitted permanent residents.
- Your firm must also demonstrate that the business's ability to compete has been restricted due to industry practices, limited access to capital and/or restricted credit opportunities that are beyond its control.
- Your firm must be a "for-profit" enterprise.
- Your firm (including its affiliates) must be an existing small business
What you should know about applying for SLDBE certification:
- The online application can be accessed at neworleans.dbesystem.com
- All information provided during the process is kept secure and confidential
- There is interactive communication with the OSD staff throughout the process.
CONTACT US: supplierdiversity@nola.gov
Learn more about the Equitable Business Opportunities (EBO) Program
Looking to boost visibility of your Black-owned businesses? Check out these Black-owned business directories to connect with minority-owned brands and reach a new audience of conscious consumers. (New Orleans)
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SBA to Open Business Recovery Center in Avondale to Help Businesses Impacted by Severe or Extreme Drought
SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans Available to Louisiana Small Businesses
Small nonfarm businesses in 64 Louisiana parishes and neighboring counties in Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas are now eligible to apply for low‑interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought that began Dec. 1, 2023.
SBA has a separate declaration (LA 20232) for small businesses economically impacted by the severe or extreme drought that occurred Sept. 19-Dec. 5, 2023. This disaster declaration offers much-needed assistance to small businesses engaged in aquaculture such as those who rely on the crawfish season.
Virtual Business Recovery Center
Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
FOCWAssistance@sba.gov
(916) 932-8925
Business Recovery Center
JEDCO Conference Center
701A Churchill Pkwy
Avondale, LA 70094
Opens at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 2
Mondays – Fridays, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturdays, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Federal Contracting:
8(a) Business Development Program
The SBA is pleased to provide you with information on the application process for certification in the 8(a) Business Development Program. The program provides eligible firms with greater access to the resources they need to grow and develop their businesses. This, in turn, improves their ability to compete on an equal footing with other firms in the mainstream American economy.
The Louisiana District Office holds a virtual 8(a) informational workshop on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 10:00 A.M. This workshop is approximately a 1-hour session.
This session provides information on the eligibility, application process and reporting requirements for the 8(a) BD program. Additional information is presented on other government contracting programs with the SBA.
To register for this session please contact Gail Brogan at gail.brogan@sba.gov. For additional information please call 504-589-6688.
This session is at NO COST.
Upcoming SBA BIDSPEED Training:
View the full training schedule at https://fedbidspeed.com/sba-grant/
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The Quality Jobs (QJ) program provides a cash rebate to companies that create well-paid jobs and promote economic development in Louisiana: Up to a 6% rebate on annual payroll expenses for up to 10 years and either a state sales/use tax rebate on capital expense or a 1.5% project facility expense rebate for qualifying expenses.
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Louisiana Business Incentives
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