Thirteen entrepreneurial businesses in or near Chaves County received $5,000 grants facilitated by the local office of WESST and funded by the state.
“It was probably my most fun day ever,” said Rhonda Johnson, regional manager for WESST, a statewide small business support organization focusing primarily on women- and minority-owned businesses.
WESST is affiliated with the U.S. Small Business Administration and was formerly known as the Women’s Economic Self-Sufficiency Team. Johnson found out a