LISC is teaming up with Lowe’s to help small businesses in Western North Carolina recover from the impacts of Hurricane Helene. We will make $20,000 grants to 100 small businesses to address urgent needs and jumpstart recovery. Small businesses in disaster-declared communities may apply for grants from Nov. 18 to Nov. 22.

Tiffany Taylor-Minor

Rural LISC received a 2024 Excellence in Economic Development Silver Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The award was bestowed specifically for its work in the Regional or Cross-Border Partnership category impacting population sizes with less than 25,000 residents. LISC’s Vice President and Rural LISC Director Nadia Villagrán will accept the award at …

Tiffany Taylor-Minor

Rural LISC today announced a 2-year, $1.5M grant awarded from the Mastercard Impact Fund through the Mastercard Strive USA program to enhance the Rural LISC business development organization (BDO) network and launch a learning cohort to focus on capacity building and technical assistance for small businesses in rural communities. The Mastercard Strive USA program is …