2021 Funding Opportunities

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Thursday, January 28, 2021

Meeting on Zoom 

Join Richland County's Office of Small Business Opportunity (OSBO) as its panel of experts discusses various grants and loans available for 2021.
During this virtual session, we will discuss the following funding opportunities:

• Paycheck Protection Program(s), Economic Injury Disaster Loan, and other standard loan programs.
• Commercial Revolving Loan Fund (CRLF).
• City of Columbia's Resilient Columbia CARES Act Revolving Loan Fund.
• City of Columbia CDBG CARES Act Funding.
• Sisters of Charity Foundation Grants.
• Bank of America Grants and more.

Speakers:

• Frank Anderson - Lender Relations Specialist and District International Trade Officer, U.S. SBA
• James Chatfield - Chief Lending Officer SC Community Loan Fund
• Melissa Lindler - Director, Office of Business Opportunities, City of Columbia
• Dominick Mjartan - President/CEO Optus Bank
• Patrick J. Patterson - President/Founder, Global Partners for Fathers and Families, LLC
• Katy Davenport - Chief Program Officer Community Works

For more information, please click here to contact the Office of Small Business Opportunity or call 803.576.1540.

Sponsored by:

• Engage Richland
• SBA - Small Business Association
• South Carolina Community Loan Fund
• OBO - Office of Business Opportunities
• Optus Bank
• GP
• Community Works - Building People and Places