Success Stories
SBA Opens Business Recovery Center in Cedar Rapids
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) today announced the opening of a Business Recovery Center (BRC) in Cedar Rapids. The center is specifically designed to provide a wide range of services to businesses impacted by the flooding.
“Due to the severe property damage and economic loss these floods inflicted on businesses in Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities, we want to provide every available service to help get them back on their feet,” said Steven Smith, Chief of the Executive Office of Disaster Strategic Planning and Operations. “This center will provide a single one-stop location for businesses to access a variety of specialized help,” he added.
Small businesses find help in getting noticed
Persistence is paying off for Norma Tempel. After three years of "constant networking," her stone-fabrication business may land some work on the new Giants/Jets football stadium now going up in the Meadowlands.
"I've built relationships with construction project managers who know that I'm a small company that can get the work done," said Tempel, whose 10-year-old South Hackensack company employs five people.
Disaster Assistance Meeting for Greene on Monday
GREENE, IA - The Butler County Development Corporation and the UNI Regional Business Center-SBDC will host an informational session for local businesses to educate them about their disaster assistance options on Monday, June 23 at 4:00 PM at the Greene Public Library, 231 West Traer Street.
This session is geared toward businesses. All businesses in Greene and the Clarksville area are invited to attend.
Seeking Women Entrepreneurs
STRAUSNEWS - June 20, 2008
Scranton — The University of Scranton Small Business Development Center (SBDC) seeks nominations of local businesswomen for its annual Award for Woman Entrepreneur and Woman of Merit awards. Each year these awards are given to women entrepreneurs who have demonstrated community involvement while successfully developing their small business. Applicants are judged on the product or service they provide, challenges they have faced and community involvement.
Budget axe mostly spares small-business group
A statewide small-business coaching group will keep its full $2.5 million in federal matching funds, following the Legislature's move this week to partially fund the New Jersey Small Business Development Centers.
The SBDC, which provides advice to small business at 17 locations across the state, was facing the loss of its entire $1 million state allocation under the budget originally proposed by Gov. Jon Corzine. On Tuesday, the Legislature moved to restore several of Corzine's cuts, including $500,000 for the SDBC.
