We are absolutely thrilled to introduce AL Spark, Igniting Main Street Alabama’s Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs! This vibrant new initiative is dedicated to igniting the potential of small businesses and entrepreneurs in Alabama! This exciting program aims to energize and support emerging and growing businesses across our Designated Main Street Alabama districts. At the heart of AL Spark is a commitment to empowering locally directed business development and growth, ensuring our communities thrive while maintaining their unique character.

Our three levels - Livewire, Illuminate, and Bright Ideas - are designed to fuel community growth and revitalization throughout our designated districts. Livewire offers essential business development and training resources, equipping local entrepreneurs with the tools they need to thrive. Illuminate provides valuable business marketing grants, ensuring local businesses shine brightly in the marketplace. Finally, Bright Ideas encourages innovation through a dynamic business pitch competition, fostering creativity and collaboration among community members.

We are actively collaborating with each of our designated programs to onboard them to our training platform and have them gather essential business information within their districts for the business marketing grants. As we navigate this journey, we invite you to keep an eye on our social media channels, where we will celebrate the businesses awarded these marketing grants and share updates on the local pitch contests! We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Small Business Administration for the grant, which enables us to uplift small businesses in our designated cities and foster a vibrant local economy.