Glynn Lloyd, executive director of Mill Cities Community Investments, on dispensing much-needed capital and furthering advocacy
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Subscribe to C-Speak so you never miss an episode. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Glynn Lloyd has a passion for advancing entrepreneurship and community. Lloyd is executive director of Mill Cities Community Investments (MCCI), a community development finance institution that helps to provide capital “where traditional capital usually doesn’t get to,” historically redlined communities of “folks of color,” he says on this episode of the PNC C-Speak podcast. And he founded City Fresh Foods, a mission-driven business feeding many people, including Boston public school students and Meals on Wheels recipients. In this episode, Lloyd – who grew up in the suburb of Sharon – commends the contributions of the city’s “hidden heroes,” who, he says, have done “incredible work, built platforms and still to this day are impacting a lot of folks positively.” Listen to the episode to hear more from Lloyd about: Pivotal entrepreneurial lessons from childhood through college.MCCI’s “high-touch advisory approach” for Black and Latinx businesses. What makes him laugh.His favorite spot in the commonwealth. Powered by PNC Bank. Download a transcript of the podcast.  
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