Article: Comerica Bank Awards $500,000 Capital Grant to Women's Initiative for Expansion Into Silicon Valley.

Grant presented at annual gala to benefit business training programs for women

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The momentum behind the Women's Initiative "Invest in Dreams" surged with the announcement this week of a $500,000 three-year capital grant by Comerica Bank to Women's Initiative for Self Employment (http://www.womensinitiative.org/) which will provide major support for a new training center and business incubator in Silicon Valley, slated for opening in 2008.

The agency provides business training, ongoing support, matched savings programs and micro-loans to low-income women throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization ...

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