{"id":11331,"date":"2024-09-23T16:27:40","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onemontgomerygreen.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=11331"},"modified":"2024-09-23T16:27:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:27:40","slug":"market-series-the-climate-smart-academy-for-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/onemontgomerygreen.org\/index.php\/calendarevent\/market-series-the-climate-smart-academy-for-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Series: The Climate Smart Academy for Small Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Layout-module__module___2eUcs Layout-module__title___2YUKj\" data-testid=\"title\">\n<div class=\"event-details__main-inner\">\n<h1 class=\"event-title css-0\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 32px;\">Market Series: The Climate Smart Academy for Small Businesses<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\"><strong><span class=\"date-info__full-datetime\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">(Co-Sponsored by One Montgomery Green)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 32px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"location-info__address\">\n<p><strong><span class=\"date-info__full-datetime\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">Thursday, October 17 \u00b7 4 &#8211; 6pm EDT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"location-info__address-text\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\">Capital Bank Home Loans, 2275 Research Boulevard, #110 First floor, Rockville, MD 20850<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"map-button-toggle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Layout-module__module___2eUcs Layout-module__summary___1srt-\" data-testid=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"event-details__main-inner\">\n<p class=\"summary\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #008000; font-size: 21px;\"><strong>Building capacity and unlocking the path to a more efficient, greener, and climate resilient small business industry in Montgomery County.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">Climate change pose significant challenges to all industries and small businesses will not be the exception to this. The cost-benefit of a proactive approach is evident and tangible, however, it is difficult for a small business to know where to begin and even land concepts such as \u201cgreener\u201d, \u201cmore efficient\u201d, \u201cadapting\u201d or \u201cbecome more climate resilient\u201d into their business structure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">MCGB has partnered with Capital Bank, PEPCO, Latino Economic Development Center, Bethesda Green and One Montgomery Green, for this market series event with the vision of supporting small businesses in this journey by bringing valuable information on:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">Existing local programs that support small businesses<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 18px;\">Understanding what a climate smart business is and what the paths are to become one<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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