Minority/ Women Entrepreneur Business Assistance Program (MEBA)

The Minority/Women Entrepreneur Business Assistance Program (MEBA Program) is a financial assistance program that was established on August 28, 2006 by the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) with certain parameters. The purpose of the MEBA Program is to retain existing minority-owned businesses located within blighted communities in the Downtown Community Redevelopment Area of the City of Orlando and to attract new minority-owned businesses to these areas. The MEBA Program will primarily focus on small business retention and creation in the MEBA target area as defined within the CRA. Specifically, the MEBA Program provides qualified new and existing businesses (retail and services) within the Target Area, and businesses wishing to relocate to the Target Area, both non-monetary and financial incentives for future expenses related to business retention/relocation, business start-up, purchase of capital equipment, capital improvements, and marketing of business and services.