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Southern New Castle County

With more than 25 years of experience in foreign trade promotion, including serving as president of the State International Development Organizations, David is your go-to source on how to increase your business’s exports.

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Kent County

With years of experience as Sen. Tom Carper’s Kent County Regional Manager and with the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce, few people know business in Kent County better than Laura.

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Sussex County

As the former Director of Constituent Relations in the Markell Administration and former legislative liaison for DelDOT, Dawn knows southern Delaware and to help your business cut through red tape.

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7/16/2019  |  

Innovation Space’s new entrepreneurs council is full of nationwide leaders

The Delaware Innovation Space, located in former DuPont Experimental Station, has created an Entrepreneurial Advisory Council. The council will help DIS enhance its offerings [...]


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7/12/2019  |  

New projects in Milford, Smyrna and Wilmington to receive state rebates

A dozen projects that will help strengthen downtown Wilmington, Smyrna and Milford will receive a total of $5.5 million in rebates under a state [...]


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7/10/2019  |  

Scheduling employee summer vacations can be challenging. Here are some suggestions for doing it well.

It’s summertime and if you’re a small business owner you know what that means… employees asking to schedule some well-deserved vacation time. That can [...]


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FY19 Strat Fund $$ amount for grants (excluding DTIP)

$10,336,450

Number for FY19 Strat Fund Grants:

11


FY 19 jobs created or retained

1,305

FY 19 dollar amount of DTIP grants

$100,000




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