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Jade Salon, Richmond Rides, Pudding Please among SEED winners

In a ceremony today at Union Market on Jefferson Avenue, Bon Secours Richmond Health System announced the 12 winners for the 5th round of the SEED (Supporting East End Entrepreneurship Development) program. With this year’s grants, Bon Secours has awarded $341,000 over the past 5 years, benefiting 27 East End business startups. There are 7 new and 5 returning grant recipients in this year’s group.

The goal of the grant program is to boost business development and job creation in the East End along the 25th Street/Nine Mile corridor. All recipients must have businesses located in the 23223 zip code within the city of Richmond.

Bon Secours announced last that with their partners they will extend the SEED program for this and 2 more more years, for a total of an additional $300,000 in funding through 2017.

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SEED V Winners

• April Scott Kids
  April Scott
  Manufacturing and computer equipment and marketing

• Boudreaux’s
  Juliette Highland and Christopher Davis
  Building renovations and wood-fired grill

• C.Alexander Cleaners
  Marian H. Fields
  Commercial sewing machine, awning, AC, marketing funds

• Jade Salon
  Jada Curreton
  Renovations and software

• Kolache
  Heather Horak
  Commercial kitchen equipment

• Pudding Please
  Tracy and Ryan Doherty
  Filling and manufacturing machines

• Richmond Rides Bicycle Tours
  Catherine Illian
  Marketing materials

• Roaring Pines
  Andrew Dayberry
  Purchase soda fountain equipment

• Song’s Market
  Xavier Cibes
  Shelving, security system, meat slicer

• Stroop’s
  Phillip Perrow, Michelle Shriver, Caleb Shriver
  Commercial grill, AC, marketing

• Union Market
  Hunter Robinson, Gillian Field, Shawn Tunstall
  Signage and weather cover for patio

• Wood Grain and Lace
  Christine Greenberg and Jennifer Haines
  Store fixtures, displays and signage for expansion