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The meeting kicks off the small-business BOOST program

Small business owners will get a BOOST on Monday, Feb. 6, with the kick-off meeting for the Moline Community and Economic Development Department’s new Business Owner Occupied Stabilization Transformation Program for small-business owners and entrepreneurs. The session will begin at 6 pm at Western Illinois University Riverfront Hall, 3300 River Drive, Moline. Doors open at 5:30 p.m

The program is designed to provide entrepreneurs and current small business owners financial assistance, provide access to tools and skills to make the business endeavor a success, and secure direct funding in forgivable loans. Brick-and-mortar, home-based and mobile businesses are eligible.

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Long Beach announces grants for small businesses affected by crime, vandalism

Grants for Long Beach businesses impacted by crime

Small businesses in Long Beach impacted by property crimes and vandalism can now apply for grant funds for support thanks to the Visual Improvement Grant Program.

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Small businesses in Long Beach impacted by property crimes and vandalism can now apply for grant funds for support thanks to the Visual Improvement Grant Program.

“Our small business owners have endured several crises over the last few years while keeping their shops running and their employees working,” said Major Rex Richardson. “With this new grant opportunity, the City continues to provide

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A Perceived Philosophical Conflict – PHE America

I am the only female in my high school PE department. It’s been this way for 20 years. The one time another female came in she tried to out-alpha the football coach and got removed from teaching PE and placed in Health. I think she might have taught one section of PE in the two years she was here, and I think it was Adapted PE. Since we’ve had a fully working weight room, it was always paired with the football coach. We got a new one this year, the fifth in my tenure working at this same high school.

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9 Ways To Grow Your Small Business Through Social Media Marketing

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Small businesses have increasingly relied on social media marketing to reach customers, create brand awareness and drive sales over the past decade. Whether you’re just starting or have been in business for years, social media marketing can help your small business reach its full potential. You don’t need to invest thousands of dollars in marketing to grow your customer base and succeed with social media marketing — you need to use it strategically and effectively. To help you grow your small business through social media marketing, we’ve put together this list of

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Small business owners losing optimism for growth amid inflation, political climate

Optimism among small businesses declined in December due to concerns about owner inflation and the economy falling into recession, the National Federation of Independent Business found in a survey released Tuesday.

The NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index fell in December to 89.8 – its lowest level since June. It marked the 12th straight month that the business lobby’s index was below the 49-year average of 98.

“Overall, small business owners are not optimistic about 2023 as sales and business conditions are expected to deteriorate,” NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg said in a statement. “Owners are managing several economic uncertainties and

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The Effects of the Pandemic on Physical Education School-Aged Children – PHE America

The global pandemic has wreaked havoc on academics, classrooms, and physical education. There is no doubt physical education and the physical development of children during their developmental years were greatly affected by the pandemic. Physical education is a field in which physical distancing, wearing masks, and avoiding close contact is extremely difficult. The importance of physical education for a child’s social, emotional, and physical well-being has been shown for decades (Bailey, 2006). As the country slowly comes out of the pandemic restrictions, interest in how physical education classes were affected during a pandemic should be studied.

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During the early 2022

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Rural Small Business Owners Feel Uncertain About Future

While many small business owners in both rural and urban settings say business has rebounded from the Covid-19 pandemic, more than half of rural small business owners feel uncertain about the future of the economy, according to a new report.

The report, titled “The Megaphone of Main Street: The Small Business Rural/Urban Divide,” found that rural entrepreneurs are significantly more likely than non-rural entrepreneurs to say that population trends impact their business. The report found that rural businesses are hurting for workers: Population shifts have created challenges for small rural employers, over a third of which (35.9%) say there are

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A Practical Approach to Confidence – PHE America

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When I study confidence, I always come away with two distinct themes and one troubling thought. First, it is obvious that confidence is important, so important that even when we are tricked into making it, we perform better (Vealey & Chase, 2008). Second, it is almost always described as a feeling (Burton & Raedeke, 2008; Vealey & Chase, 2008; Zinsser, Bunker, & Williams, 2010). The part that always troubled me was why we would leave something so important up to how we feel about it. After all, the only time confidence matters is when it is tested

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