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The St. Louis Regional Empowerment Zone facilitates revitalization in distressed areas by using federal seed money to leverage sustainable public and private investment. Empowerment Zone benefits for businesses include technical assistance, loads and tax credits. Business services are coordinated and provided at the Small Business Empowerment Center (SBEC) located at:
100 N. Tucker
Suite 530
Saint Louis, MO
Telephone: (314) 241-1511
The Zone also facilitates and supports job skill training and sutainable employment opportunities for residents. Some recent projects funded include:
Recent Projects Funded
| $175,000 Loan for Druid Woodworking Inc. |
April 2005 |
| $175,000 Grant for Manufacturing Training Alliance |
April 2005 |
| $740,000 Grant for Small Business Empowerment Center (SBEC) Training and Staffing |
April 2005 – September 2001 |
| $250,000 Forgivable Loan for Schnucks Markets Inc. |
March 2005 |
| $70,000 Loan for Manilla Bay Products, LLC |
March 2004 |
| $600,000 Forgivable Loan for Solae, LLC |
May 2004 |
| $150,000 Loan for City Grocers, LLC |
May 2004 |
| $150,000 Loan for Gateway Fabricators Inc. |
March 2003 |
| $50,000 Grant for Greater St. Louis Regional Empowerment Zone (Marketing for EZ Tax Credit Program) |
July 2003 |
| $150,000 Loan for YES Inc. – The Lee J Store |
November 2003 |
$400,000 Loan for Blackmon's Entertainment and Banquet Facility
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July 2003 |
$200,000 Loan for Heuris
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July 2003 |
$158,000 – Loan for $150,000 and $8,000 Grant for City Design
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July 2003 |
$155,650 Grant for Worth Industries Capital Improvements
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May 2003 |
$80,000 Loan for El's Multi Service Company
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March 2003 |
$250,000 Loan for Merchandise Mart Restaurant- Kitchen K
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March 2003 |
| $125,000 Grant for Metro East Education to Careers Transition Services |
November 2002 |
$100,000 Loan for Arvin's Appliance Furniture and A/C
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November 2002 |
$250,000 Loan for Lackey Sheet Metal
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November 2002 |
$749,405 Grant for MET Center Tuition and Operating
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September 2002 |
| $309,533 Grant for Project RESPECT/WorkLink |
July 2002 |
| $350,000 Grant for Managaed Work Services |
July 2002 |
| $240,000 Loan for St. Louis Pizza and Wings |
July 2002 |
| $200,000 Loan for DMX Industries Capital Improvements |
July 2002 |
| $8,060 Grant for Operation Excel: YouthBuild (Wellston) |
June 2002 |
| $5,294 Grant for YouthBuild St. Louis Charter School |
June 2002 |
| $114,264 Grant for Marriott Career Advancement Training |
June 2002 |
| $242,000 Grant for EZ Business Center |
May 2002 |
| $400,000 Forgivable Loan for State Street Shopping Center - East St. Louis |
May 2002 |
| $500,000 Forgivable Loan for MLK Plaza - St. Louis |
May 2002 |
| $175,000 Grant for Sucessful Transitions Dress for Success & Transportation |
November 2001,
January 2003 |
| $132,069 Grant for Bank and Financial Career Connections - TelTemps |
November 2001,
May 2003 |
| $432,053 Grant for Midwest Telecommunications Preparatory Academy |
November 2001 |
| $200,0000 – Loan for $50,000 and $150,000 Grant for Wicks Mobil Plaza |
November 2001 |
$10,000 Grant for a Feasibility Study of locating an RV Park in Lemay
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September 2001 |
$38,500 Grant for SBA Entrepreneur Center
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September 2001,
May 2002 |
$750,000 Grant for the St. Louis Enterprise Center in Wellston
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September 1999,
May 2001 |
| $11,691 Grant for CISCO Academy for Vashon HS Students |
April 2001 |
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