Legacy offers forgivable loans for businesses hurt by COVID pandemic

Legacy offers forgivable loans for businesses hurt by COVID pandemic

As the country inches to some sense of normalcy, small businesses — especially minority-owned companies — are still struggling to recover from the pandemic’s financial gut punch. Shutdowns during the early days of the pandemic and keeping pace with public health orders wreaked havoc on mom-and-pop businesses’ bottom line. Even as businesses open up, mask restrictions loosen

Montgomery entrepreneur carries on family business and father’s legacy

Montgomery entrepreneur carries on family business and father’s legacy

Accelerators: This monthly series spotlights local people of color chasing their business dreams and paving the way for others. These are the stories of the entrepreneurs, trailblazers and risk-takers who are leading the way to the new Montgomery. It’s 10 p.m. but Carmen Moore-Zeigler is wide awake, on the phone with a stressed-out business owner. If her cell