State Street Santa Barbara Staff Guided Tour

21 East Canon Perdido Street,Santa Barbara CA 93101

11 August, 2021

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Get to know WEV Community Businesses on State Street We'll start our tour enjoying a glass of wine and some Santa Barbara Cheese Shop treats at the new WEV Community Center. Then we'll head out to explore some of the WEV Community businesses along State Street in Santa Barbara including meeting some of the owners along the way. 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