A multi-report assessment providing a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing immigrant-owned businesses in Georgia.
Prepared by Latino Community Fund Georgia, and made possible through the support of JPMorganChase
These businesses are essential to the state’s economy, driving entrepreneurship, creating jobs, meeting needs and enriching the state’s cultural landscape.
Despite their value, they face a series of hurdles that threaten their stability, financial impact and long-term success.
The findings and the recommendations in the following reports and playbook are critical for local and state governments, economic development agencies, nonprofit and financial sectors to develop informed solutions that underpin positive impact for all in the state.
Findings from a Comprehensive Statewide Survey and Focus Groups with Corridor-Level Brick-and-Mortar Business Owners
A Corridor-Level CDFI Landscape Analysis and Product Innovation Framework for Immigrant, Micro, and Legacy Businesses in DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties.
An Audit of Anti-Displacement Policies: Analysis, Comparative Findings & Recommendations in Buford Highway and City of Clarkston, Georgia
A practical playbook designed to help local governments and community partners strengthen and support immigrant-owned businesses across the state.
They frequently serve immigrant customers, creating and providing jobs, training, and mentorship that strengthen social cohesion and workforce development.
Often balancing caregiving responsibilities with work, which result in smaller scale and lower profitability.
Businesses in these areas face high rent burdens, limited space, competition from larger chains, and infrastructure constraints.
Despite a relatively dense CDFI ecosystem, immigrant-owned businesses, microenterprises, and long-standing legacy businesses continue to face funding issues due to misalignment between existing products and their operational realities.
Cities are responding to displacement largely through individual relationships, informal case management, and limited grants, rather than with structural policy tools.
However, language barriers, perceptions of ineligibility or process complexity create barriers and lead to low application rates.
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Use this interactive tool to find organizations across Georgia that can help with funding, training, technical assistance, permits, business planning, and more.
Use this interactive tool to find organizations across Georgia that can help with funding, training, technical assistance, permits, business planning, and more.
Survey responses from immigrant business owners from across the state
Brick-and-mortar business owners engaged in focus groups
Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) interviewed
Local-level policy tools mapped and categorized
Prepared by Latino Community Fund Georgia, and made possible through the support of JPMorganChase
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