Cardenas Markets Foundation has awarded 59 $2,000 scholarships – $118,000 – to help local students pay for their higher education. “The fact that we can give back is so important to us,” said Adam Salgado, Cardenas Markets’ chief marketing officer and president of the Cardenas Markets Foundation. “Hispanics have had financial …
Read More »Local lending company plans to train people to be entrepreneurs
Since its founding in 2005, AmPac Business Capital has specialized in arranging loans for Inland Empire businesses through the U.S. Small Business Administration. But the company, which recently moved into 6,500 square feet of office space in Ontario, is about to start a new venture, one in which would-be …
Read More »Corona chamber gets second shot at Spirit award
For the second time in five years, the Corona Chamber of Commerce has been nominated for a Spirit of the Entrepreneur Award, the annual prize given out by the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino. The Corona chamber is one of four Inland organizations nominated in …
Read More »Ontario International Airport marks half a decade of local control
A celebration was held Nov. 1 exactly five years to the day that Ontario International broke away from Los Angeles and was taken over by a joint partnership between San Bernardino County and Ontario. The airport’s record since then has been an overwhelming success, even with COVID-19. Ontario …
Read More »Local businesswoman says Spirit awards help the Inland Empire
Hilda Kennedy, founder and president of AmPac Business Capital in Ontario, is grateful for the Spirit of Entrepreneur awards. AmPac, which arranges start-up loans for small businesses through the U.S. Small Business Administration, is one of the Inland Empire businesses nominated this year in the Service-Based Entrepreneur category. Kennedy believes …
Read More »Stater Bros. begins annual campaign to stop hunger
During the next two months, all Stater Bros. supermarkets will participate in the company’s annual “Harvesting Hope in Our Community” campaign, which raises money for local and regional food banks. The campaign, which began Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 31, collects donations from shoppers while they’re at the check …
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