The EEDC partnered with the Neighborhood Development Center to implement the Third Ward Small Business Training Program. NDC is a 26 year old program that focuses on generating economic development within underserved communities by taking entrepreneurs from side hustle to storefront. The EEDC joined the Build From Within Alliance, which connects programs across the country in order to share resources. The entrepreneur training classes are taught in the community, by business owners, to drive economic development and job creation. On April 4, 2019 The Emancipation Economic Development Council partnered with NDC to launch the Third Ward Small Business Training Program in an effort to help protect, preserve and revitalize the Historic Third Ward Community. To date, we have graduated about 40 entrepreneurs and small business owners.