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Micro Lending Assistance Program Luncheon

Text and photos by Gabriel Cervera

Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together (MATT) and ACCION Texas, launched the MATT Micro-lending Assistance Program, both organizations jointly created this program to help individuals establish their new small enterprise.

 

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Secretary of the State of Texas Hope Andrade was a special guest at the event. She expressed the sat- isfaction she felt for this positive initiative. Janie Barrera, President and CEO, ACCION Texas-Louisi- ana and Aracely Garcia Granados, Executive Director of MATT were also in attendance.

The first local business to par- ticipate in this program was La Tradicional Tortilleria, located at 3319 West Ave, owned by Anne- Marie Grube a successful business woman who has taken the oppor- tunity to partner with MATT and ACCION-Texas.

Community representatives ap- plauded the financial support and technical assistance this project will lend in helping make the American dream come true.

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