Emerald Cities Collaborative (ECC) Bay Area is pleased to invite you to apply to our Spring 2024 E-Contractor Academy, a FREE in-person workshop series focused on building technical, economic and operational capacity with small, minority/BIPOC, women, veteran-owned and/or disadvantaged local construction businesses (MWVDBEs) to successfully do business in climate-critical decarbonization fields such as building electrification, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and more.

ECC provides services for tailored entrepreneurial support throughout and beyond this academy via its E-Contractor network and community partners, including but not limited to:

• Cohort-based multiweek training and education program
• Clean energy/building decarbonization workshops
• Resources for continued education
• One-on-one business and construction topic advising (strategic plans, project delivery, bidding, HR, etc)
• Peer learning opportunities
• Networking
• Free and reduced-cost access to professional services
• Connection to project opportunities
• Connection to financing opportunities including loans and grants. While access to capital is not guaranteed ECC does have connections with lenders that specialize in funding construction companies and MWVDBEs.