In 1994, Zoila moved into one of Hacienda CDC’s rental apartments. She is well known around the community as Doña Zoila for her willingness to help others when needed. Three years ago, Doña Zoila joined Micro Mercantes—Hacienda’s micro-enterprise program that trains low-income Latina residents to sell homemade tamales at area farmers’ markets. Micro...
Microenterprise
Overview
The Vision
Through microenterprise development, Hacienda promotes the self-sufficiency, creativity and viability of immigrant women, their families and the local community. Hacienda's microenterprise program provides entrepreneurial community members with training and mentoring to become successful small business owners.
Micro Mercantes
Hacienda CDC offers a comprehensive, culturally specific, three year business incubator program for Latino food entrepreneurs in the Portland Metro Area. The program balances the financial and educational needs of its participants by creating an educational model that is hands-on. Participants will experience running a business (with all its failures and successes) with the support of the program and mentors.
Interested in participating in the program? We are accepting applicants for the 2012 Cohort now. Please contact Caitlin at cburke@haciendacdc.org or 503-459-6659 for more information or an application.
Interested in ordering from the program? We are in the midst of restructuring our program and are not currently taking orders. We will be relaunching the program in the beginning of May 2012 and will resume taking orders then. Thank you for your support and we look forward to working with you in the future!
Portland Mercado
Hacienda CDC has been supporting the work of an established group of approximately 30 low-income Latino entrepreneurs to create an entrepreneurs’ co-operative (the Co-op) that will direct the development and operation of the Portland Mercado, Portland’s first Latino Public Market.
Interested in learning more? Please visit (and feel free to subscribe to) the Portland Mercado Blog.
Interested in being an entrepreneur in the Mercado? Please contact Valentina at vsmith@haciendacdc.org or 503-459-7728.
Interested in partnering with this project? Please contact Nathan at nteske@haciendacdc.org or 503- 459-7725.
Arrancando Mi Negocio
Arrancadno Mi Negocio ('Getting My Business Started') is a culturally specific, 30-hour business development training. The participants, many of whom are involved in the ongoing creation of the Portland Mercado, culminate the 10-week course with a presentation of their business plan.
Interested in participating in the program? Please contact Valentina at vsmith@haciendacdc.org or 503-459-7728.
Financial Literacy
Hacienda CDC is currently seeking a Financial Education Coordinator and IDA Specialist, primarily responsible for outreach to clients who are interested in financial education and IDAs and working with the clients to prepare them for small business development and Homeownership.
Interested in applying? Please visit our Employment Opportunities webpage for more information.
Call for volunteers! Hacienda seeks business mentors for Latino microentrepreneurs
Hacienda's microenterprise program is growing, and our participants are looking for more in-depth, one-on-one mentoring as they seek to become financially self-sufficient by starting their own microenterprise.
Interested in volunteering or have questions? Please contact Valentina at vsmith@haciendacdc.org or (503) 459-7728.
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Ludy Poox came to Hacienda in June 2010 looking for help starting her own business. A survivor of domestic violence and mother of 3, Ludy told us her ultimate goal is to secure a positive future for her children by being able to afford a better education for them. She did not feel she would reach this goal at her previous job working for a company that paid her minimum wage and...
Teresa is from Michoacán, Mexico. This is her second year with Micro Mercantes—Hacienda’s micro-enterprise program that trains low-income Latinas to sell homemade tamales at area farmers’ markets. Before Micro Mercantes Teresa did not have a source of income. She relied on her daughter, Rosa, for support. Now Teresa and Rosa are a mother-daughter team working together...
