Title
Mission Create
Description
For $20,000.00 in payment authority to purchase veterans' entrepreneurship sponsorships with Armory Up, LLC, an affiliate organization of Mission Create, a nonprofit incubator, for the Community and Economic Development Department. Armory Up's mission is to help military veterans launch and scale startups. The sponsorships will help fund Armory Up's speaker series program focused on the unique needs of veteran entrepreneurs and provide them access to business finance experts. Funding will additionally support Armory Up's communication services, which involves programs and services focused on external business communications (i.e. marketing, graphic design, government relations and branding). Driving entrepreneurship opportunities forward is a pillar of the Economic Development strategy in the City of Phoenix. This sponsorship funding will continue to provide City support of activities focused on encouraging and accelerating veteran-owned business startups.