About
Neighborhood business incubators help businesses launch and grow by providing free or low-cost workspace, mentorship, access to investors, and in some cases, working capital. Incubators are designed to address the networking, educational, and capital challenges that entrepreneurs face— challenges that are particularly acute for BIPOC- and immigrant-owned small businesses. Incubators aim to help entrepreneurs develop sustainable business operations and finances. Incubator staff provide business development support and education on effective tools such as e-commerce or other technologies to increase sales. Many programs also provide temporary vending opportunities, such as space at farmers markets or neighborhood pop-ups. Incubators often target specific industries, such as fashion and food, and provide expertise and resources tailored to those industries.
STAKEHOLDERS
Community-based or nonprofit organizations
Strategies in Action
La Cocina Incubator Kitchen – San Francisco, CA
Tool : Neighborhood Business Incubators La Cocina Incubator Kitchen provides affordable commercial kitchen space to talented entrepreneurs and has helped expand economic opportunity to women and people of color as they grow their food-based businesses. [...]
Hot Bread Kitchen – New York, NY
Tool : Neighborhood Business Incubators Hot Bread Kitchen is a nonprofit that runs a local food business incubator, HBK Incubates. It helps food vendors obtain licensed commercial kitchen space and business development support. HBK Incubates [...]
Beloved Community Incubator – Washington, D.C.
Tool : Neighborhood Business Incubators Beloved Community Incubator (BCI) is a nonprofit that provides resources for community-based cooperatives and collectives in the D.C. metro area through its BCI Network. It incubates new cooperatives and collectives, [...]
The People’s Market at Rockwood – Portland, OR
Tool : Neighborhood Business Incubators The People’s Market at Rockwood is an incubator centering BIPOC farmers and makers, located in an ethnically and racially diverse Portland suburb that has suffered significant underinvestment in recent decades. [...]
