ORLANDO, Fla. — The city of Orlando is celebrating National Small Business Week next week.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s office is using the week, April 30 - May 6, to bring attention to the city’s incentive programs to help foster and retain local businesses.
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Those programs include the Small Business Façade, the Minority/Women Entrepreneur Business Assistance (MEBA) and the Business Assistance programs.
The city said one of its most successful small business programs is Orlando Main Streets, which has created more than $2.1 billion in public and private investments, 11,000 new jobs and more than 1,800 new businesses since it started in 2008.
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