MICROLOANS

 

COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR MICROENTERPRISE INITIATIVES (CAMI)

DESCRIPTION:

CAMI has 12 participating micro lending organizations that provide loans to very small business ventures, operated by one person or a family, with 5 or less employees. This coalition of microenterprise development organizations and practitioners are dedicated to providing entrepreneurs in under-served communities the opportunity and resources to become self-sufficient through private enterprise.

ELIGIBILITY:

Varies by participating organization.

PURPOSE:

CAMI is committed to promoting microenterprise financing and technical assistance as meaningful ways to stimulated economic development and reduce poverty in Colorado's lower-income communities.

LOAN AMOUNT:

Up to $50,000, depending coalition organization.

 

DENVER AREA LENDING AND SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR MICROENTERPRISE AND SMALL BUSINESSES:

Business Name

Contact

Phone

Service Area

Capital of Colorado

David Ammann

(303) 832-8647

Metro Denver & Boulder

Colorado Capital Initiatives

Kersten Hostetter

(303) 628-5567

Denver

Colorado Enterprise Fund

 

(303) 860-0242

Ten Front Range Counties

Colorado Lending Source

Ron Reuss

(303) 657-0010

Nine Front Range Counties

Colorado Microcredit

Colleen Boyle

(303) 293-8544

Five Points & Denver West Side

The Committee

Bill Bridges

(303) 894-9495

Five Points & North Denver

Credit for All, Inc.

Bob Sample

(303) 320-1955

East Denver, Aurora, Montbello, Salida and San Luis

Denver Community Development Credit Union

 

(303) 292-3910

Metro Denver

Five Pts. Business Recovery & Development Credit Union

Tommie Dotson

(303) 296-4742

Five Points

Guadalupe Small Business Empowerment Inc.

Felipe Lopez

(303) 477-8113

Highland Neighborhood in Denver

Mi Casa Resource Center for Women - Business Center

 

(303) 573-0333

Metro Denver

Mayors Office of Economic Development (MOED

 

(303) 640-7100

Denver