Anna Maria Florio creates harmony in her demonstration kitchen, La Cucina at the Market. An alum from the Inner City Capital Connections (ICCC) Philadelphia 2021 cohort, Florio mixes ingredients and community building to create a thriving business that brings people together. From corporate bonding events to couples’ pasta-making classes and bridesmaids’ parties, Florio helps folks in her kitchen work together. Read More

Forward Financing offers its customers $1,000 if they complete ICIC’s small business educational programs The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and Forward Financing, a Boston-based financial technology (fintech) company, have formed a new partnership to further expand the financial opportunity Forward Financing offers their customers, including tuition-free business education programs. As ... Read More

ABOUT ICCC | APPLY NOW | FOR PARTNERS | OPENING SEMINAR | WEBINARS | INDIVIDUAL COACHING | ANNUAL CONFERENCE | FAQs Le deuxième pilier du programme de l’ICCC, les webinaires, sont des sessions d’apprentissage virtuel qui accompagnent et approfondissent les connaissances acquises par les participants lors du séminaire d’introduction. Ces webinaires sont menés ... Read More

How to Leverage the Resources on this Page Welcome to the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) Partner Toolkit! We’re excited to work with you to create jobs, income, and wealth for the local community through our small business programs. This guide is designed to help you share information about the ... Read More

As the leading authority on under-resourced communities in U.S. metropolitan areas, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) plays a unique role in local investment and public policy decisions. Applying sophisticated analytic methods to public and proprietary data, our research highlights the strengths as well as the challenges of under-resourced ... Read More