Omaha, Ne – The Metro Omaha Women’s Business Center (MOWBC) will host its fifth annual MOWBC Start-up Grant Ball on March 19th 2016 to gift $500 and $1,000 grants to new, greater Omaha emerging women-owned businesses.

Grant recipients, to be announced at the ball, will be selected by the MOWBC Board from a pool of recommended applicants solicited from SCORE and the Nebraska Business Development Center.  Eligibility requirements include proof of a viable/stable business, business and marketing plan. Recipients in operations one year or less.

These grants are intended to help defray start-up costs associated with the business. This is part of the  mission that MOWBC will support and promote woman-owned business growth.

This year’s ball, the organization’s fifth, is a formal dress Masquerade Ball, there will be a cash bar, dinner and live music starting at 5:30pm at the Marriott Regency Hotel, 10220 Regency Pkwy, Omaha Ne 68144