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Vol. 39 • No. 45 • Thurs., Nov. 19, 2020 - Wed., Nov. 25, 2020 • An NCON Publication Serving The Milwaukee Area • 75¢
SOS Center hosts community open house
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On Saturday, November 7, 2020, the SOS (Strength of Our Savior) Center, located at 4620 W. North Ave., hosted an open house to feature the many activities the center has to offer as well as many local vendors. The SOS Center is a non-profit social services agency that facilitates Christian care, educational instruction, after-school programming and life skills activities for children and families in the Milwaukee community. The center emphasis three values: Service, Faith and Peace. The center offers after-school programs including tutoring, mentoring, snacks and meals, summer camp, BLCL youth group, a sewing room, and art lessons and activities. Pictured at the open house are the SOS staff (from left) SOS Center Board Chair Darryl Winston; Program Manager Tiffany Phillips; Sewing Program Director Rosalinda Cruz; SOS Center Treasurer Lydia Beasley; Art Director Lynette Floyd; Educational Specialist Ceciel Dumas; and Interim Executive Director Tyrone P. Dumas.
Workforce Development hosts North Side and North West Side drive-thru job fairs On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, the City of Milwaukee Office of Workforce Development hosted North Side and North West Side "Drive-Thru Job Fairs," for Milwaukee job seekers looking for immediate employment opportunities. The job fairs focused on neighborhoods within the 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 9th Aldermanic Districts, all which have been hit hard by COVID-19. All attendees received a non-contact bag Photos by Yvonne Kemp packed with information on employment assistance programs and employers hiring right now, and featured employers from manufacturing, office, healthcare, retail, transportation/ logistics and much more. This event was co-sponsored by Northwest Side CDC, Milwaukee LISC, Direct Connect MKE (DCMKE), Employ Milwaukee, We Care Crew, Leader Paper Products, Milwaukee County Parks, and CDBG Milwaukee.
SBA regional administrator to meet Milwaukee Micro-entrepreneurs
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On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration's Great Lakes Regional Administrator Rob Scott (2nd from right) made several stops in Milwaukee to visit businesses assisted by SBA economic relief programs and the SBA's Program for Investment in Micro-enrepreneurs (PRIME) grants. One of those entrepreneurs who has been helped by the grant is Jason Alston (2nd from left), owner of Heaven's Table BBQ, who is currently working with the Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NSCDC) to move his business to a new location on North Avenue. The NWSCDC, headed by Executive Director Willie Smith (far left), is a first-time recipient of SBA's PRIME grant funds and will use it to help city entrepreneurs boost their business skills. Also pictured (far right) is SBA's Wisconsin district director Eric Ness. www.milwaukeetimesnews.com