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

How the Coronavirus Recession and Recovery Affected Businesses and Jobs in the 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas  Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) presented the most detailed and comprehensive information about what happened to businesses and jobs in the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas during the coronavirus recession and recovery. Every ... Read More