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Media inquiries: Please contact the office's Public Information Officer, Ashley Okawa, at ashleyokawa@utah.gov or 801-518-3765.
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Enhancing Capital Access for Utah’s Small Businesses

USBCI announces the launch of the Loan Participation Program (LPP)…
February 28, 2024
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Fostering Economic Resilience and Inclusive Growth

The USBCI program demonstrates a long-term commitment to Utah’s economic backbone: small businesses…
January 24, 2024
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Strengthening Utah Small Businesses With USBCI

In 2023, the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity built and set up a new federally funded program to reinforce…
January 3, 2024
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Utah’s Innovative USBCI CAP Program: Boosting Small Business Growth

Utah Small Business Credit Initiative Capital Access Program (USBCI CAP)…
January 3, 2024
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GOEO Welcomes New Partners to the Small Business Credit Initiative

The USBCI program welcomes MoFi and the Suazo Business Center as economic development organizations…
December 19, 2023
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Antonella Packard Named Utah Small Business Credit Initiative Director

The office anticipates the program will stimulate up to $690 million of private investment in Utah’s small businesses.…
July 17, 2023
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Two Lenders Join USBCI’s Capital Access Program

MoFi and the Utah Microloan Fund…
April 4, 2023
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Utah Small Business Credit Initiative Moves $31 Million to Loan Participation Program

$69 million in federal funding for the USBCI…
March 16, 2023
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U.S. Treasury Signs Agreement Expanding Funding Options for Utah Small Businesses

Part of the Utah Small Business Credit Initiative (USBCI)…
November 9, 2022
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Podcast: Utah’s Manufacturing Industry

With Lance Soffe, Tulinda Larsen, and Win Jeanfreau…
June 17, 2022

"Media inquiries: Please contact the office's Public Information Officer, Ashley Okawa, at ashleyokawa@utah.gov or 801-518-3765."