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Rebecca Cooke: “We've helped 39 businesses launch in the last eight years.”

Featuring: Rebecca Cooke, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 3

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Congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke on the essential rural vote.

Published | Video Starts at 10:50

And so much so that I started a nonprofit organization that supported, supports other women entrepreneurs throughout 10 counties within the region. So that's something that I still manage and run. And so We've helped 39 businesses launch in the last eight years. which really means something in small towns injecting startup capital. So that comes in the form of $2,000 grant. So we've helped rural mental health clinics get open, independent bookstores, restaurants, including the restaurant that I'm now working at. (10:50–10:55)

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