NASE Awards National Growth Grant To Dunwoody Small Business

Press release from NASE:

Jan. 23, 2023

The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), the nation’s leading advocate and resource for the self-employed and micro-business community, announced today that Dunwoody, GA-based small business, Spectrum Integrative Health, has been awarded a $4,000 third-quarter 2022 Growth Grant generously sponsored by AARP to help support small businesses owned and operated by older American entrepreneurs.

Spectrum Integrative Health, located in Dunwoody, GA, owned by NASE member Laxmi Naik, was awarded a third quarter Growth Grant in 2022. Spectrum Integrative Health uses a functional medicine approach to address the underlying causes of disease by being systems-oriented and engaging both patient and practitioner in a therapeutic partnership. Laxmi plans to use the grant funds for technical support, legal structuring, and marketing.

“Dunwoody small business, Spectrum Integrative Health, was chosen for this Growth Grant award because they are critical to the growing number of older American small business owners, while also demonstrating a well-defined plan for growth ranging from executing new marketing initiatives, purchasing new equipment or other creative ways to grow and expand,” said John Hearrell, NASE’s Vice President of Membership and Affiliate Programs. “America’s small business and self-employed community is the lifeblood of our economy, helping fuel growth along Main Street in small and large communities throughout the country. As our community continues to heal from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are happy to help small businesses like Spectrum Integrative Health get to the other side of this crisis.”

Last year, NASE awarded $60,000 in total grants to fifteen small businesses to support their growth and expansion of business operations and help support their emergence from the COVID pandemic. In 2022, the NASE has increased its awards even more.

“We are proud to invest $4,000 in NASE member Laxmi Naik and her small business to expand and help grow the local economy,” concluded Hearrell.

For nearly 20 years, NASE’s focus has been on finding the most effective way to bolster success for small business and self-employed members in communities across the country. NASE has awarded over $1,000,000 since the program’s inception and continue to see significant return on our investments in the growth of member-businesses helping to fuel their local economies.

NASE’s Growth Grant Program is intended for businesses planning to take the next step in their venture. It provides available capital for small businesses and sole proprietors to be able to hire and train additional employees, market their business in new and existing ways or invest in new equipment or software.

Applications are considered on a rolling basis throughout the year and winning small businesses will be awarded $4,000 grants each quarter throughout 2022 and 2023. Visit the Growth Grant page for more information.

NASE members also enjoy a comprehensive list of benefits designed to help small business owners and sole proprietors start and grow their business. A complete listing of benefits available to NASE members is available, here. NASE members are offered a host of resources designed to help support entrepreneurs and small employers including access to professional “Ask the Experts” services in tax, health care and marketing, a navigational assistant health care portal, scholarships and grants, discounts on shipping rates and office supplies, and affordable email marketing systems and webhosting services. NASE’s newest member benefits continue the tradition of providing real-world, bottom-line assistance to small business owners. To become a member of NASE, apply online here.

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