Main Street Ventura Staff Guided Tour

454 East Main Street,Ventura CA 93001

01 September, 2021

Description

Get to know WEV Community Businesses on Main Street in Ventura We'll meet at Grapes & Hops and start our tour from there. Walking down Main Street we'll explore some of the WEV Community businesses and chat with some of the owners along the way. We'll work our way back to Grapes & Hops where they'll have live Jazz starting at 7 pm so you can grab a bit to eat or a drink there before heading home. The Spirit of Entrepreneurship Program is presented by Women’s Economic Ventures a 501 (c) corporation: Women’s Economic Ventures is dedicated to creating an equitable and just society through the economic empowerment of women. WEV provides training, consulting and loans to help entrepreneurs start, grow and thrive in business. WEV serves all of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. While WEV targets its services toward women, it helps men as well, and provides many services in English and Spanish. Since 1991, WEV has provided business training and consulting to nearly 19,000 women and men throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. WEV has made over $6.4 million in business loans and helped more than 5,000 local businesses start or expand, generating an estimated $770 million in annual sales and creating nearly 12,000 local jobs. WEV is a U.S. Small Business Administration’s Women’s Business Center and Microlender, as well as a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Visit us at wevonline.org