Gov. Matt Meyer and Division of Small Business Director CJ Bell were greeted by an apprehensive small business community on Thursday during a meeting with the General Assembly’s Small Business Caucus at Legislative Hall.
JPMorgan Chase looms large in Wilmington as one of the top employers - and with its staff returning five days a week, other businesses are taking notice.
Gov.-elect Matt Meyer said his plan for Delaware includes less focus on taxpayer-backed grants for companies and more attention to entrepreneurship support.
CJ Bell has spent a year and a half supporting small business growth in New Castle County as Meyer’s economic development director. Now the governor-elect wants him to do the same on a statewide basis.
NCCC is embarking on a listening tour of its territory, in hopes to gain key insights of the unique challenges small and large businesses face in Delaware’s most populous county.