With start-up funding from the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, the Collaborative for Enterprise Development (CED) was created to address the challenges and opportunities faced by small businesses in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Each member of CED brings a unique set of enterprise development services to offer comprehensive assistance to entrepreneurs, including business planning assistance, credit counseling, marketing assistance, accounting system development, working capital loans and equity investment opportunities.
To seek assistance in starting a new business or enhancing an existing business, please submit our online Request for Assistance form. A member of the Collaborative will contact you to assist in the development of your business.
After one year of working together, the collective efforts of the CED members resulted in the following outputs / outcomes: