Business Lending Partners

Following nearly 10 years of building clientele, advancing the practice, and leasing space, Dr. Sally Brown and her daughter, Dr. Tera Pfarr, purchased a 6,000-sf building to expand the business operations of Brown Family Chiropractic in the Village of Mount Pleasant

RCEDC and its finance team, Business Lending Partners (BLP), in partnership with Fox Communities Credit Union, has assembled an unparalleled lineup of industry experts, self-made entrepreneurs, and business leaders to deliver an event tailored to business owners, the commercial lending community and real estate professionals. Food included.

For the last few years, the financing needs of Wisconsin businesses have been on the rise. To meet the challenge, Business Lending Partners (BLP), the financial division of the Racine County Economic Development Corporation (RCEDC), has added staff.

Join RCEDC as we host this food and business networking event, where local business owners share their stories about how they navigated the path to success.

Trene McCaskill, owner of H.E.R. Valley – a self-care and revitalization service in Racine – will celebrate the grand opening of her new location at 904 State St. on July 9th at 11:45 a.m.

To help encourage business improvement, retention and attraction, the Village of Sturtevant created a new program with favorable loan terms – little to no equity requirement, low-interest, and principal deferrals.

The newest Racine County grant, the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) was launched in late 2021. Nearly $72,000 has been approved for businesses throughout Racine County that were negatively affected by the pandemic. Fortunately, there is still $330,000 available.

Creative Welding & Fabrication previously leased most of the space at 120 Industrial Drive in Burlington. After learning about the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 504 program, owners Roger Baumeister and Jeremy Uhlenhake decided to purchase the building, which allowed them to expand operations and begin collecting rent from existing tenants.

Raising capital to grow your business can be challenging. Should you use debt? What programs are…

SBA 504 Rates January 2022