Tacoma Arts Live seeks proposals from potential contract vendors to provide workshop facilitation and 1:1 advising for emergent and established small businesses and nonprofits in the creative and cultural economy.

Vendors will work with Tacoma Arts Live as part of its incubation program, ACE, which focuses on building capacity for BIPOC, and/or women-owned, Hilltop-based small businesses (for-profit and non-profit) as well as creative gig-workers.

As a three-part initiative, ACE provides rent-free co-working office space at the historic Tacoma Armory, as well as professional development for participants and technical assistance for event production. The subject of this RFP is to solicit contract resources for the professional development components of ACE services. Please offer a proposal for a two-hour workshop, which relates to the participant-determined topics below. Selected contractors may also be contracted to provide supplemental 1:1 advising hours for ACE Partners.

Please reference the full RFP for details and specific requirements at the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TOnHdz6Zf-nwRPV5brNnQcalujAFdLNR/view?u...

Accelerating Creative Enterprise Website Page below:

https://www.tacomaartslive.org/education/community-engagement/