The Mérida City Council is committed to youth by providing more tools and resources to start and strengthen entrepreneurship.
Mayor Cecilia Patrón visited the Municipal Center for Entrepreneurs, where she interacted with a group of 70 members of the current generation who exhibited their services and products.
Those present thanked the support they received for almost a year, between January and November, to continue empowering their businesses to grow and become more sources of employment for the inhabitants of the municipality.
They presented projects in the food and beverage sector; crafts; textile design and fashion; ecology; beauty technology and software, such as the case of Wendy, who after three years of starting her accessories business has already placed them in a Yucatecan department store.
In the presence of Mauricio Díaz Montalvo, director of Prosperity and Economic Well-being, the Mayor recalled that this center offers users advice in the areas of business administration, professional training to start a business, managing support and financing, in addition to providing them with attention for more than 640 procedures, a Municipal One-Stop Shop, the Tax Administration Service (SAT) and the Tax Administration Agency of Yucatán (AAFY).
She highlighted that in Mérida, local talent will be promoted through training and mentoring programs for entrepreneurs and small business owners; fostering innovation: creating coworking and incubation spaces for startups and innovative projects, as well as promoting local offerings by organizing events and fairs to connect entrepreneurs with investors and clients.
“We promote local talent because we believe that people’s creativity moves and makes Mérida grow, we will continue to promote microcredits, microcredits, and productive projects,” said the municipal president.
He also invited people to actively participate in the decision-making process of the municipality and to be part of the “Social Innovation Laboratory,” a program that seeks to give young people the opportunity to present a project to improve the city in some way.
“We want to hear their voices and their proposals to build a Mérida that is also theirs, where they can grow and develop fully, and where they can change their realities for the better,” he said.
More information about the services of the Municipal Entrepreneurship Center at merida.gob.mx/emprendedores
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