Adam and Bethany White decided three years ago to pivot their Hawthorne-based cabinetry business from residential clients to more ambitious projects, such as large, government-funded affordable housing developments.
They soon discovered, however, that public works contracting wasn’t like private contracting. In particular, there were financial hurdles that seemed insurmountable to a small business like theirs, which has only three to eight full-time employees.
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