Through our partnership with United Way, LAEDA's Individual Development Account (IDA) program offers small business owners the opportunity to put aside savings for their business. Additionally, the IDA program is a Savings Match program...
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Minding My Own Business: COVID-19 Resources for Your Business
Camden, NJ- On Tuesday, March 23, 2021 LAEDA WBC along with the Southern NJ chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. hosted a resourceful event for COVID-19 resources for small businesses...
A Moment with our WBA Graduate- Janaina Carr
Janaina Carr is the owner of Jay Carr Custom Designs and Tailoring, LLC, which offers professional, custom made clothing for women and men and ready made clothes for women and clothing alterations for women, men and children...
Business Byte: Get the Latest Pandemic Relief Fund Updates
In this month’s Business Byte, LAEDA’s Program Manager of the Women’s Business Center, Jamila Powell along with SBA Deputy District Director John Blackstock provide updates on pandemic relief funding...
A Moment with our EDTP Graduate- Karl Carter
Karl Carter is the owner of B & S Cleaning Solutions, which provides residential and commercial cleaning to clients in the PA-NJ-DE Philadelphia-Metro area. He is also a graduate of LAEDA’s Entrepreneurial Development Training Program (EDTP)...
Welcoming LAEDA’s First Virtual Women’s Business Academy
On January 13th, 2021 LAEDA welcomed its first virtual Women’s Business Academy Training Program through the Women’s Business Center. LAEDA has been providing in-person training for over 30 years and launched its first virtual Entrepreneurial Development Training Program back in Spring of 2020...
Business Insurance: Don’t Proceed Without It!
In this month’s Business Byte, LAEDA’s Assistant Program Manager of the Women’s Business Center, Sophie Werner, gives a brief overview of business insurance policies and highlights the importance of classifying employees correctly (W2 vs. 1099). Don’t risk what you’ve worked so hard to build...
A Moment with our EDTP Graduate- Tracy Ferguson
Tracy Ferguson is the owner of Passion Driven Parties, which is a one-stop shop for all of your event planning needs! Passion Driven Parties believes that every blessing in life should be celebrated- in spite of fact that we are living in a pandemic...
LAEDA Completes the Redevelopment of the Smith-Austermuhl Building and its New Headquarters
Built in 1920, the Smith-Austermuhl Insurance Company was active in the City of Camden through the 1980's until it closed. The project entailed the rehabilitation of 18,000 square foot in downtown Camden and was completed in 1999. The total project cost was $1.3 million and created 6 office suites, 1 banking facility and 1 retail space.
LAEDA Completes its Second Redevelopment Project – 2508 Federal Street
2508 Federal Street involved the rehabilitation of 8,000 square feet of blighted commercial space in the Federal Street commercial district.