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Accelerate Your Business
innovation. opportunity. wealth-building.

The Pierce County Business Accelerator will serve entrepreneurs and business owners throughout Pierce County with a focus on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) veteran, and women-owned businesses to help foster innovation and create wealth-building opportunities.

APPLY NOW – FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
APPLICATIONS OPEN UNTIL ALL COHORTS ARE FILLED

apply to the accelerator

THE ACCELERATOR WILL PROVIDE direct access to business resources including:

  • Relevant Training

  • Coaching

  • Technical Assistance

  • Networking Support

to launch and grow micro businesses in Pierce County.

UPON COMPLETION, participants will receive:

  • Access to Potential Funding Options
     

  • Matching Grant Resources up to $10,000
     

  • Professional Services Grant up to $5,000
     

  • Commercial Rent Stipend for one year up to $500/mo.
     

  • Coaching/mentorship.

application criteria

BUSINESS MUST BE:

  • Physically located in Pierce County
     

  • A start-up
    OR

     

  • a micro-stage business with 2021 annual revenue under $325k
    OR

     

  • A pre-revenue business
     

  • PCBA graduates and members of the same household are not eligible to apply.

application
assistance

If you need assistance completing the application please call us at (253) 798-6150 or email here. Spanish language assistance is available.

Or contact one of the following organizations for assistance:

The Pierce County Business Accelerator is a program of Pierce County
funded through an allocation from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

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Program Administrator

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Community Partners

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