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It's always great to see kids having fun at a well planned party...but it takes work to
make it all possible. And that's where Chuckie Boy Party Express, located in Miami-Dade County's
District 9, comes in. What I do - I rent out bounce houses, water
slides, tables, chairs, tents, rides and stuff like that for kids parties.
Charlie now has a full range of party supplies including bounce houses, a rock climbing wall,
tables and chairs. When I started the business it was just one
bounce house, and a cotton candy machine and a snow cone machine. I saw the need for chairs
and tents. When you start a business financial it's just so hard to add stuff to the business,
when you're starting out and don't have much of a financial background to put into the
business.
Fortunately, Charlie got turned on to the Miami-Dade County Small Business Grant Program
Well there's a party company that I subcontract stuff from, when I needed additional tables
and chairs at the time that I didn't have and they advised me of the Mom & Pop grant
the county provides and. It's not a long process, it's an easy process.
You just go in to a meeting and they tell you what's going to be asked on the application
and what you need to bring in as proof for the application.
I took the funds that I received from the county and purchased more inflatable bounce
houses so I was able to bring more revenue into the business which helped me buy more
equipment and also provide employment.
It makes me feel good to be able to put back into the community to help someone help provide
for their family because I remember how it was with me when I couldn't provide for my
family.
Kids is my thing. I love kids. I love to see the joy and the excitement they have. It's
priceless to me to see the smiles on the kids faces.
Here�s where you can get more information about the Miami-Dade County Mom & Pop Small
Business grant program and on the business featured here as one of its success stories: