Success Story: Lake Street Business Rebuilds from 2020 with Help from Minnesota Inclusive Growth Fund
Lined with diverse storefronts and colorful, cultural murals, the Lake Street Corridor in Minneapolis is vibrant and home to many immigrant-owned businesses. Among these business owners are Khadija Ali and Priya Morioka, the founders of Global Language Connections. Their Lake Street business aims to a solve a pressing challenge for other organizations: language barriers. Global […]
Success Story: Minnesota Inclusive Growth Fund Brings Crucial Capital to Community-Based Student Transport Company
African immigrant Falmata Bedasso is the Founder and CEO of Frontier Transportation Services LLC (FTS) based in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, a student transportation company that serves more than 200 students a day as a contractor for local school districts, including some of the metro’s largest. The company employs dispatchers, paraprofessionals, and operations staff in addition […]
