GRAND RAPIDS – SpringGR is all about turning ideas into thriving businesses. Launched in 2014, SpringGR is an organization offering training, mentoring and networking opportunities for hopeful entrepreneurs in underserved areas of the city and surrounding communities.
Director of Business Support, Attah Obando, says, “SpringGR is funded through the DeVos Family Foundation. We ran two pilot programs in the spring of 2014, and, when these proved successful, we went ahead with plans to continue running two programs a year, in the spring and in the fall.”
He continues, “It is important for us to be close to the clients we serve, so, although our headquarters is downtown, we offer programs at four sites throughout the city. One is Restorers, which is on Madison Street in the SE part of GR. It hosts various programs for citizens in that part of town. We are also at The Other Way Ministries on Fulton Street, Roosevelt Park Ministries, which serves many of our Hispanic community members, and Streams of Hope Ministry in Kentwood. All of our programs are located in one of these four venues.”
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