[Dialogue] [globaltoptrainers] microentrepreneurship

[Bill Schlesinger]

We tried micro-credit but weren't successful.  We're focusing on technical
assistance for micro-enterprises, which is going well.  We do outreach into
the businesses, an assessment after forming a relationship, and support in
administration, marketing, etc.  We link with ACCION: Texas, a micro-lender.
They handle the loans.

 

Bill Schlesinger
Project Vida
3607 Rivera Ave
El Paso, TX 79905
(915) 533-7057 x 207
(915) 490-6148 mobile
(915) 533-7158 fax
bschlesinger.pv at tachc.org

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From: dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net
[mailto:dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Karen Snyder
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 8:21 AM
To: Colleague Dialogue
Subject: Re: [Dialogue] [globaltoptrainers] microentrepreneurship

 

To add to the search - 

 

Maybe the 'couple in Ft. Collins' Wiegel referred to was Bill and Carol
Schlesinger.  I see Bill is listed in the Directory as being in El Paso, TX
with Project Vida.   Ed and Miriam Shinn were among the co-founders of
Village Earth and are listed on the board on the website.

 

Karen 

 

 

On Jul 8, 2009, at 7:32 AM, Lawrence Philbrook wrote:





Janet Sanders, Tatwa Tatsima and the team from ICA Nepal have been working
for several years on micro-credit with the Jean Houston Foundation.  Evelyn
in April was at one of the programs but the program has been ongoing
combining Jean's work with ours to build a community leadership framework to
support the program.

With respect, Larry



James Wiegel wrote: 


Picking our brains about ICA's / ToP microenterprise experiences over the
past 40 years? 

Cheryl Zaleski is looking for concrete examples to use for a microcredit
program.  

Nothing much is coming to my mind.  

There is a fellow in Denver (Bob Samples) who has been connected and works
with small loans, a couple in  Fort Collins (retired I think) who reworked
ICA's old wisdom on community development for an organization called Village
Earth (villageearth.org) that included microenterprise.  Jim Troxel did a
series of economic development forums in Chicago neighborhoods,   The
Oyler's through the Jacobs Foundation did strategic planning for a
microcredit organization based in New Mexico.

I am sending this around to see who else may know of experiences.

Jim

SLEEP was a marvelous invention,
but whoever first thought of filling it 
with DREAMS was truly inspired. -- Ashleigh Brilliant

Jim Wiegel
401 North Beverly Way 
Tolleson, Arizona 85353-2401
+1 623-936-8671
+1 623-363-3277
jfwiegel at yahoo.com
www.partnersinparticipation.com

--- On Tue, 7/7/09, Cheryl Zaleski  <mailto:czaleski at ica-usa.org>
<czaleski at ica-usa.org> wrote:


From: Cheryl Zaleski  <mailto:czaleski at ica-usa.org> <czaleski at ica-usa.org>
Subject: microentrepreneurship
To:  <mailto:jfwiegel at yahoo.com> "jfwiegel at yahoo.com"
<mailto:jfwiegel at yahoo.com> <jfwiegel at yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 11:03 AM

Hi, Jim-

 

Would you be available some time this week so that I can pick your brain
about ICA's microenterprise experiences over the past 40 years? I'm looking
for concrete examples to use for the microcredit program.

 

Thanks,

 

Cheryl










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