Women who are looking for help in starting new businesses have an advocate right here in St. Clair County. The Community Foundation of St. Clair County has announced Maggie Toole as the new business development officer with Michigan Women Forward.
Michigan Women Forward is a community development organization in which the Community Foundation of St. Clair County has invested $250,000. The money will go toward supporting and connecting business owners with financial resources.
With her new job, Maggie Toole will be providing technical assistance for loan programs for entrepreneurs in St. Clair County.
Michigan Women Forward has a long list of projects, all with the goal of removing obstacles to success for women entrepreneurs. Toole will be helping to navigate any obstacles and also reaching out to local minority-owned businesses, according to the announcement from the Community Foundation.
Toole, a Port Huron resident, is an SC4 graduate and has experience in the financial and real estate sectors.
More information can be found at miwf.org.
Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland
