The Bank of Hawaii\u2019s I Kinometi Para I Kumunid\u00e5t I Isl\u00e5-ta Small Business Revitalization and Development Grant program\u2014which is intended to promote new businesses and encourage existing small businesses to expand\u2014is now accepting applications from Saipan small business owners.<\/p>\n
The application for the grant is due on Friday, August 6. Applications are available by contacting either the CNMI SBDC, Saipan Chamber of Commerce, Bank of Hawaii\u2019s Gualo Rai branch, or Gualo Rai branch manager Rose Sumor at\u00a0Rose.Sumor@boh.com\u00a0or\u00a0237-2983.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For businesses that see additional assistance, the \u201cHow to Stand Out in Your Bank of Hawaii Business Grant Application\u201d webinar will share grant qualifications, how to apply, and how to submit a stellar application. There are four identical seminars:<\/p>\n
– Wednesday, Aug. 4: from 9am \u2013 11am or 2pm \u2013 4pm, <\/p>\n
– Thursday, Aug. 5: from 10am \u2013 12pm or 5:30pm \u2013 7:30pm<\/p>\n
These webinars will be conducted by Maxine Laszlo of Max Impacts: Maxine Laszlo Consulting, in partnership with the CNMI Small Business Development Center. All trainings are free of charge, thanks to sponsorship by the Northern Marianas College. RSVP is required at https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2021CNMIGRANT. For questions, call 285-7739. <\/p>\n
Note this is not the mandatory SBDC \u201cSmart Money Seminar\u201d required with all grant submissions. The Smart Money Seminar is scheduled for Aug. 10 and Aug. 11. Reach out to the CNMI SBDC for more information. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Bank of Hawaii\u2019s I Kinometi Para I Kumunid\u00e5t I Isl\u00e5-ta Small Business Revitalization and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":349077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[13230],"class_list":["post-349273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-boh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}