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Owner of Valley Adobe Uses Spark Tank Award Money to Build New Brick Facility
At the Center for Community Transformation, we are committed to empowering local entrepreneurs who contribute to the growth of our communities. One notable example is
2024 Start-Up Fest Was a Success!
On June 13th, the Center for Community Transformation hosted the 2024 Start-Up Fest, a small business expo at Fresno Pacific University’s Warkentine Culture and Arts Center.
Start-Up of the Year | Ben Strickland with Tink Construction
“Everybody has fear. But you’ve got to take that first step,” says Ben. “If you want to be an entrepreneur, you need to keep taking
Job Creation: An Interview with Kristi Nichols
We had the pleasure on interviewing Kristi Nichols from the Fresno Rescue Mission about job creation.
FACE Interview
We interviewed Pastor Loren from FACE, Inc. this week about this entrepreneurial effort.
The Transformation of Power for the Common Good
Though the answers are complex, our most basic leadership questions remain simple ones: How do we get from transactions to transformation?
New businesses get $15,000 boost
Seven proposals to fight Valley unemployment through social enterprise split $15,000 in development funds during the 2014 Spark Tank Business Plan Contest.
A Clovis Experiment in Church Collaboration
In the Spring of 2012, I completed a dissertation examining the opportunities and challenges local churches have in collaborating for the sake of the city of Clovis, California.
Starving Payday Lenders
The City of Fresno, California, currently has the second highest rate of concentrated poverty in the nation among large cities. This is an improvement.
