Program to assist minority business owners

A program to assist minority business owners will be held in Beardstown at 10 a.m. on June 25. at the Beardstown Elks.

Diana Alfaro will be presenting an Opportunity Equity Forum program to educate minority business owners on funding opportunities that exist within the State of Illinois and how to obtain technical assistance when seeking out that funding.  Diana is the Latinx Business Development Manager at the Office of Minority Economic Empowerment within the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in Springfield.