Fall 2024 EDGE Grant winners

Update: 2025 EDGE Grant info webinar set for Jan. 22nd

Peter OsborneBusiness, News Briefs, RSS-Business, Town Square Live

The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) will hold an online information session for its EDGE Grant program on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 10 a.m. to help potential applicants prepare for applications for its February funding round. EDGE stands for the Encouraging Development, Growth, and Expansion (EDGE) program. a competition for grant funding. Five STEM-based (science/technology/engineering/math) companies can each receive …

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EDGE Grant Competition Opens

Terry RogersBusiness, Headlines, Milford Headline Story

The Delaware Division of Small Business opened the next round of our Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion (EDGE) Program. Applications will be accepted August 1 – Friday, August 30, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. EDGE is a competition for grant funding. Five STEM-based companies can each receive up to $100,000 for eligible expenses while five Entrepreneur Class (non-STEM) businesses can each receive …

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Delaware Small Business announces two summer webinars

Terry RogersBusiness, Government, Headlines, Milford Headline Story

For businesses looking for retirement programs for their employees, Delaware EARNS is an option that can allow them to create such programs. Delaware EARNS is a retirement savings program for private-sector workers who don’t have access to a plan through their employer. The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, July 17 from 12 Noon until 1 PM. “This is a webinar …

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EDGE grant goes to G&R Campground

Terry RogersBusiness, Headlines, Milford Headline Story

The oldest black-owned campground in the United States, G&R Campground was announced recently as a recipient of the Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion (EDGE) Grant. The grant provides funds to promising early-stage businesses to level the playing field against larger, more established competitors. “Selected as one of over 100+ applicants in the small business entrepreneur competition, we pitched our business …

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Workforce development luncheon held in Milford

Terry RogersBusiness, Headlines, Milford Headline Story

All business owners are trying to help the employees they grow, and to attract new workers, in order to expand the business The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Milford’s recent Workforce Development Luncheon pointed to several programs available from the state to help them do just that. “Most of the time when we deal with business owners and new businesses, …

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EDGE grant recipients open new print shop in Milford

Terry RogersBusiness, Headlines, Milford Headline Story

In spring 2023, Brianna Westover and her husband, Ben Kepler, learned that they were recipients of an Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion (EDGE) grant from the State of Delaware. Using the funds from the grant, the couple opened Studio B, a printing studio with a twist. “We worked for a print shop for ten years,” Westover said. “While we were …

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MilfordLIVE Weekly Review – August 15, 2023

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EDGE Grants

EDGE Grant webinar series offered

Terry RogersBusiness, Government, Headlines, Milford Headline Story

The Delaware Division of Small Business will offer two webinars to assist businesses in applying for the Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion (EDGE) Program which will reopen on September 1. The program provides grants to five STEM-based companies who could receive up to $100,000 for eligible expenses while five Entrepreneur Class (non-STEM) companies could receive $50,000. The first webinar is …