The economic development team at RBAC held a cyber café on July 28th 2023, local RB businesses were invited for an informational session...
Cyber Café Recap
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All About
Economic Development in Rainier Beach
Our focus:
Supporting development in the neighborhood.
- Engage with developers to identify available spaces;
- Conduct outreach to understand community needs for priority businesses; and
- Identify and match businesses to occupy new commercial spaces and be successful.
- Conduct townhalls to gain community and developer input around upcoming commercial space.
Supporting small buisnesses and entreprenurship.
- Help BIPOC-Owned businesses survive covid-19 and to thrive beyond it
- Providing services focused on the business owner (Case-Management).
- Assessing digital presence and capability; providing a gap analysis of needed solutions; and providing access to existing digital resources and/or delivering solutions directly to small businesses.
Promoting jobs and economic access coordination.
- Increase resources and support for retention of workers from underrepresented groups.
Recent Articles
Moving Rainier Beach Forward by Building Generational Wealth: A Recap of Last Week’s Economic Development Town Hall
By: Samuel Woldemariam The economic development town hall & night market occurred in the Rainier Beach community center...
Motherhood Journey
By: Makayla Miles & Hibo Elmi Hibo Elmi is the youth advocate at RBAC; she is responsible for ensuring youth and others...