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Hello, I am a married mother of three.I trying to acomplish my dreams of opening a hair salon/wedding services. There is a strong need for these services in my community...the next available service of this kind is 3o to 40 miles away. I was looking for a small grant amount...of 5000.00 or even a loan....to help me get started. Can you please direct me to what I need to do or where I need to go....thank you