Fall 2024 EDGE Grant winners

State presents 10 small businesses EDGE grant awards

Staff WriterBusiness, Government, Headlines

This is an edited release from the Delaware Division of Small Business. Delaware Live and its sister publications will be developing profiles on selected winners, including this one on Chris Boozer, founder of The Trash Porters. WILMINGTON – Governor John Carney joined the Division of Small Business to present awards for the most recent winners of the EDGE Grant competition …

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EDGE reaches milestone with 100 small business grants

Betsy PriceHeadlines, Business

A Delaware Division of Small Business program that gives small business grants to start or grow has awarded cash to 100 businesses in its first five years. The EDGE competition — short for Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion competition — reached that milestone Thursday, when it gave money to 10 small businesses in the first of its biannual awards. In …

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10 Delaware companies win state EDGE grants

Betsy PriceBusiness, Headlines

Ten Delaware companies have received state grants ranging from $32,000 to $100,000 to expand and improve their services or products. The biggest awards — four $100,000 grants — went to companies dealing with science, technology, engineering or math (or all at once).  The EDGE grant, an acronym for the Division of Small Business’s Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion, are chosen …