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chance to promote your business
on social media, too, he adds.
" Think about what will pull a
big crowd. Themed events, live
music, and free stuff are always
great choices, " Clements suggests.
" These events are also a great way
to collect email addresses from your
customers, too, which just acts to
feed your marketing machine. "
DoorDash partnership
In partnership with Accion
Opportunity Fund, a financial
support system for small businesses
that advances racial, gender, and
economic justice for all, DoorDash's
Accelerator for Local Restaurants
is designed to support entrepreneurship
and provide resources for
historically under-resourced business
owners. The Accelerator for
Local Restaurants provides $20,000
grants, training and education,
one-on-one customized business
advising, marketing benefits, and
more to selected restaurant owners.
DoorDash is excited to introduce
a new cohort of 40 Accelerator for
Local Restaurants participants, all
based in the greater Portland and
Denver areas. The participants
represent a diverse cohort of restaurateurs
and business owners, the
majority of whom are women, immigrants,
and people of color.
In Colorado, DoorDash is
welcoming a cohort of 20 local
restaurant owners hailing from
Denver, Littleton, Longmont, and
Aurora. Many of the participants in
Denver reflect the city's rich LatinAmerican
heritage. One Denverbased
participant, Ivonne Bringas,
who owns the Mexican family-style
restaurant Las Hijas de la Chilanga,
started working years ago as a waitress,
said she never thought she'd
have the opportunity to own her own
restaurant, which she runs alongside
her family. " I plan on taking what I
learn from the Accelerator program
and sharing it with my husband and
two daughters, who help manage
Las Hijas de la Chilanga alongside
me, " she says. " We make a great
team, and there's nothing better
than working together with family to
take our business to the next level. "
Ismael De Dousa, Reunion Bread,
is a 37-year-old Portuguese/
Venezuelan living in Denver. He
has been obsessively interested
in food his entire life. Moving
to the US, one of the things
he missed most was going
to the bakery for a fresh
loaf of bread every afternoon.
That sparked his
curiosity about baking
and pastries, which led
to what has become
Reunion bread - his first
business.
In Oregon, another 20
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restaurant owners hailing from
Portland and Beaverton will be
participating in the Accelerator for
Local Restaurants program. This
group includes Fatou Ouattara,
the owner of Akadipdx, the only
west African sit-down restaurant in
Portland. She opened Akadi with the
goal of having West African cuisine
be represented in the Portland food
scene. Her favorite meal to cook is a
grilled fish with fermented cassava
couscous, an Ivory Coast national
dish called " attieké poisson braisé. "
To date, more than 1,000 businesses
have completed the
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