Apr 29

Apr 29 A Boost For County Businesses

Comcast RISE Contributes to Prince George’s County Minority-Owned Small Businesses for Success

Comcast announced the awarding of technology and marketing resources to 39 Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-owned small businesses in Prince George’s County April 27. The award also includes Hispanic and Asian American-owned businesses.

County award recipients are amongst nearly 2,500 entrepreneurs from 422 cities and 34 states nationwide, who have been selected as Comcast RISE awardees since November.

“As we’ve gone through the selection process, it’s been so powerful to hear these business owners’ stories and see the tangible ways that Comcast RISE is helping to grow their businesses and impact their communities,” said Regional Vice President Beltway Region at Comcast Business Dan Carr.

“We now have seen firsthand how the program’s marketing and technology resources are benefiting these business owners who are working hard to rise above 2020. I could not be more pleased to have opened this program to the entire BIPOC community and look forward to the continued positive momentum.”

Paula Brown, Founder, Paula Brown Performing Arts Center

Comcast RISE stands for “Representation, Investment, Strength and Empowerment.” It is part of an expanded Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion commitment Comcast announced last summer, in addition to being a coordinated cross-company effort to address digital inequities through sustainable programming and investments such as Internet Essentials and Lift Zones.

Comcast RISE also announced it will support 13,000 BIPOC-owned small businesses by 2022 with a TV campaign, production of a TV commercial or consulting services from Effectv or computer equipment, internet, voice, or cybersecurity from Comcast Business.

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The program has partnered with Ureeka, an online platform for entrepreneurs, to provide grant recipients with business coaching to help build skills focusing on company foundation, growing customers and financial stability.

All RISE recipients will have a specialized online networking community within Ureeka with access to educational resources, sources of capital, and vetted experts such as U.S. Black Chambers, National Asian Pacific Islander Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Association for Enterprise Opportunity, Walker’s Legacy and Operation Hope.

Prince George’s County Comcast Rise recipients include: