Program Highlights
We build our innovative approaches to creating jobs and reducing poverty for Twin Cities Asian population through in-language, culturally appropriate direct engagement with our communities.
Asian Small Business Development
Business Technical Assistance AEDA provides counseling and training to new and existing business owners to start and improve their businesses. AEDA train in several Asian languages so that businesses can learn in the language they are most comfortable with. Click Read More ...
Creative Placemaking
In February 2012, we launched the Little Mekong Asian Business & Cultural District (littlemekong.com) as an asset-based creative placemaking and local economic development strategy to turn a two block strip of University Avenue in Frogtown into a world-class destination on Read More ...
Financial Education & Credit Building
AEDA’s financial capability program gives participants the tools to increase their credit worthiness and the know how to plan, manage and improve their financial situation. AEDA’s business counselors can work with participants in their native language. Credit Building for Success Read More ...
Advocacy and Policy
The goal of AEDA’s advocacy and policy program is to build racial equity and ensure inclusion of low-income Asian Minnesotans in economic opportunities. We achieve our goals through community engagement, coalition building, advancing policy and institutional change, and advocating for Read More ...