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CITCO Helping Entrepreneurs
posted (June 29, 2020)
This opportunity to talk with the Mayor cam today during the official launch of Belize City Council's Accelerator Program.

This is a venture by the Council to provide Belize City residents with opportunities to become small-business owners. The premise of the program is that City Hall is trying to assist aspiring entrepreneurs. They're providing them with necessary training, and start-up materials to turn their business ideas into something that can actually generate sustainable incomes.

The program is taking place in a time of major unemployment, caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the Council sees it as a priority for the economic recovery of Belize City.

Here's what the speakers had to say about this project:

The Accelerator Program was launched under the theme, "I am My Own Boss, the New Normal."

This project has special significants for Mayor Wagner and his council, since the council's former economic advisor, Hubert Pipersburgh, who died from the coronavirus, was among those who lobbied for it.

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