Mihailo Temali is Founder and President of the Neighborhood Development Center. In partnership with many community groups, NDC has trained 4,500 low-income entrepreneurs since 1993, in a 20-week course. 500 are in business today, 82% owners of color. NDC is a CDFI, SBA and Reba-Free lender, focusing on start-up and growing inner-city businesses, and provides 5000 hours of business assistance annually. NDC is co-owner, developer and manager of six business incubators including Midtown Global Market, Mercado Central and Frogtown Square. Temali is the author of “Community Economic Development Handbook,” and was a Bush Fellow in Boston and Santiago, Chile