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Business center honors founder of cookie firm
The founder of a local cookie company will be honored June 11 as Small Business Person of the Year by the St. Francis University Small Business Development Center.
W. Zane Feathers, president of Shirley’s Cookie Co. Inc., Claysburg, will receive the award at the SBDC’s annual awards luncheon at the university.
Feathers, who started the business in 1967 when he purchased a Duncansville-based doughnut shop and restaurant, said he was surprised to be selected.
FAU cuts funding for small-business center
Threatened by budget cuts, the Small Business Development Center at FAU is looking for new sponsors.
For 30 years the Small Business Development Center at Florida Atlantic University has been helping entrepreneurs launch and grow businesses. Now the institution -- which provides free counseling and training -- is fighting to keep its own doors open.
FAU, which has supported the organization since its inception, said it will not fund the center after Dec. 31. That has left the SBDC searching for about $425,000 so it can pull down matching federal funds and maintain its 28 employees and 10 locations.
Fitial declares Small Business Development Month
Saipan Tribune - June 4, 2008
Gov. Benigo Fitial declared June the Small Business Development Month for the 11th consecutive year in a proclamation signed on Capital Hill Monday, opening a series of management workshops for the local business community.
“I urge the people of the Commonwealth to participate in the small business workshop events and take advantage of the vital services and programs offered to our citizens” by the NMC Small Business Development Center and the Commonwealth Development Authority, Fitial said.
Business owners in Parkersburg face long road
It's a setback, but the couple is ready to start over and was among more than 50 people who attended a meeting on disaster assistance for businesses Friday afternoon.
Like the others who listened to presentations from the University of Northern Iowa Regional Business Center/Small Business Development Center, the federal Small Business Administration, Butler County Development and the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance, the Luhrings have had nearly a week to count their losses — Luhring Monument, iwireless, Star Land TV and Luhring Nursery.
On Friday they were counting their blessings.
Cuts jeopardize Small Business Development Center at FAU
South Florida small business owners and community leaders were concerned Thursday that they could lose the services of the Small Business Development Center at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
The small business center, which helps 10,000 small firms and entrepreneurs a year from Sebastian to Key West, lost its matching funds from FAU amid university budget cuts. Unless the center can secure private funding, it could close in December.
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