The City of Lacey in partnership with the Thurston EDC Center for Business & Innovation is offering scholarships for Business Startup Training. The startup training includes access to online courses that focus on business plan writing, structuring and licensing, branding and marketing, accounting, and intellectual property. Online courses are supported with one-on-one business coaching and no cost access to business plan writing software for six months.

Scholarships are available to any new business startups located or planning to locate in the City of Lacey with a focus on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) owned startups, veteran owned startups, and women owned startups.

Click Get Started to fill out a scholarship application.

Scholarship recipients will be notified through email.