Mercy Health is pleased to announce an expansion to the innovation team’s wildly successful entrepreneurial training program thanks to a grant from BroadbandOhio, a division of the Ohio Department of Development.
Mercy Health recently was awarded $100,000 to support the Getting your Business Rolling program. The grant allows the Mercy Health Innovation team to add more classes at additional sites, giving more local entrepreneurs the opportunity to bring their business ideas to life.
Getting your Business Rolling is a free, 8-week entrepreneurial training program for budding entrepreneurs and businesses located in historically disadvantaged areas. In addition to receiving guidance and education, all attendees who successfully complete the program receive a free laptop computer to help them getting their business started.
“Mercy Health recognizes that the health of our community is so much more than providing quality medical care and goes well beyond the walls of our facilities. The Getting your Business Rolling program provides the tools and guidance local entrepreneurs need to realize their dreams and work toward stability in their financial health,” said Bob Baxter, president, Mercy Health – Toledo. “The work of the Mercy Health Innovation team is another aspect of Mercy Health’s commitment to our communities, especially focused on those who are under served.”
Since starting in 2022, the program has graduated 182 entrepreneurs. A new schedule of classes will begin September 11.
Through Mercy Health’s partnership with the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, the program is offered at local library branches including the Main Library downtown Toledo, Sanger Branch on W. Central Ave, South Branch on Broadway Street and soon – through the assistance of the BroadbandOhio grant – at Mott Branch on Dorr Street.
Mercy Health was among nine community-based, non-profit organizations that received grants as part of Ohio’s efforts “to advance digital opportunity in communities all across the state.” BroadbandOhio awarded a total of $654,590 through the state's Digital Inclusion Pilot Project Grant, focusing on addressing “barriers in digital access for low-income Ohioans, elderly populations, justice-involved individuals, veterans, people with disabilities and language barriers, rural residents, and racial and ethnic minorities,” according to a press release from the Ohio Department of Development.
“Everything we’re doing to close the digital divide at the state level cannot be accomplished without the support and efforts of our local partners,” said Lydia Mihalik, director of the Department of Development, in the release. “These organizations are providing their communities with resources that, quite simply, would not exist otherwise. This is going to improve the quality of life for so many people.”
Mercy Health recently was awarded $100,000 to support the Getting your Business Rolling program. The grant allows the Mercy Health Innovation team to add more classes at additional sites, giving more local entrepreneurs the opportunity to bring their business ideas to life.
Getting your Business Rolling is a free, 8-week entrepreneurial training program for budding entrepreneurs and businesses located in historically disadvantaged areas. In addition to receiving guidance and education, all attendees who successfully complete the program receive a free laptop computer to help them getting their business started.
“Mercy Health recognizes that the health of our community is so much more than providing quality medical care and goes well beyond the walls of our facilities. The Getting your Business Rolling program provides the tools and guidance local entrepreneurs need to realize their dreams and work toward stability in their financial health,” said Bob Baxter, president, Mercy Health – Toledo. “The work of the Mercy Health Innovation team is another aspect of Mercy Health’s commitment to our communities, especially focused on those who are under served.”
Since starting in 2022, the program has graduated 182 entrepreneurs. A new schedule of classes will begin September 11.
Through Mercy Health’s partnership with the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, the program is offered at local library branches including the Main Library downtown Toledo, Sanger Branch on W. Central Ave, South Branch on Broadway Street and soon – through the assistance of the BroadbandOhio grant – at Mott Branch on Dorr Street.
Mercy Health was among nine community-based, non-profit organizations that received grants as part of Ohio’s efforts “to advance digital opportunity in communities all across the state.” BroadbandOhio awarded a total of $654,590 through the state's Digital Inclusion Pilot Project Grant, focusing on addressing “barriers in digital access for low-income Ohioans, elderly populations, justice-involved individuals, veterans, people with disabilities and language barriers, rural residents, and racial and ethnic minorities,” according to a press release from the Ohio Department of Development.
“Everything we’re doing to close the digital divide at the state level cannot be accomplished without the support and efforts of our local partners,” said Lydia Mihalik, director of the Department of Development, in the release. “These organizations are providing their communities with resources that, quite simply, would not exist otherwise. This is going to improve the quality of life for so many people.”