This Month Celebrates National Small Business Week | | Cassius Butts SBA Regional Administrator |
This month kicks of Small Business Week across the nation. Events honoring local small businesses are being held across the Southeast and I am honored to be in Washington DC this week celebrating Small Business Week and the accomplishments of entrepreneurs from across the nation. Please follow the event in Washigton live on line at www.nationalsmallbusinessweek.com. Region 4 Employee of the Month to Highlight | | Charles Long, SBA Area Manager SBA South Florida District Office- Tampa |
Charles Long joined the South Florida District Office as a Lender Relations Specialist in 2009. He has since been assigned to the Tampa, FL Alternate Work Site as an Area Manager and this year took on the responsibility of the District International Trade Officer position. Mr. Long is hard-working, dedicated, and uses his prior experience as a commercial lender to recruit, train and retain SBA participant lenders in the district. He has a "can do" attitude that allows him to be a resource, not just to lenders, but to resource partners, too. He has been influential in disseminating information on the international trade loan programs to interested lenders, working with the local USEAC staff to promote cooperation on training events and workshops and has become the contact point for Florida's STEP recipient, Enterprise Florida. He is truly an asset to the SBA South Florida District. Update from Across SBA Region 4 | | Alabama District Office Thomas Todt, District Director The SBA Alabama District Office hosted a HUBZone Boot Camp at Alabama State University in Montgomery in May. The HUBZone training and education event introduced businesses to the program, helped them determine whether they are eligible for the program, and supported their efforts to participate in the program. District Director Tom Todt welcomed the 36 participants and Deputy District Director Raymond Hembree informed them of additional SBA programs and services available to them in Alabama. Alabama District Office HUBZone Coordinator, Teresa Wilson, presented information and led a team of business people who spoke about their experience as HUBZone businesses. The presenters included Lynn Carter, President of Southeast Cherokee Construction, Inc. and Craig Clement, President of The Clement Group. Each of them shared their knowledge of operating in a HUBZone and the requirements as well as some of the difficulties they had encountered. Please check for future SBA events by visiting www.sba.gov/AL. |
 | | Florida District Office- North Florida Wilfredo J. Gonzalez, District Director
The North Florida District Office would like to congratulate the following 2012 Small Business Week Winners: Small Business Person of the Year Ann Sabbag, President, Health Designs, Inc., Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; District and State Winner Financial Services Champion of the Year Joanne Jolin, Vice President, Atlantic Coast, Orlando, FL; District and State Winner Minority Small Business Champion of the Year William Patton, Vice President of Strategic Development, Kratos Defense, Orlando, FL; District Winner Exporter of the Year Ronald Rose, President, Nova Pressroom Products, LLC Jacksonville, FL; District, State, and Regional Winner Jeffrey Butland Family Owned Business of the Year Anthony Marlow, President, The Golden Lion Café, Flagler Beach, FL; District, State, and Regional Winner Women in Business Champion of the Year Dr. Kerry Geidd, President/CEO, Eola Eyes, Orlando, FL; District and State Winner Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year Charles Armstrong, Financial Advisor, D2 Solutions, Jacksonville, FL; District, State, and Regional Winner Entrepreneurial Success Award Neal Kimball, CEO, The Kimball Companies, LLC, Orlando, FL; District, State, and Regional Winner |
 | | Florida District Office- South Florida Francisco Marrero, District Director
The South Florida District Office will participate in the Federal Contracting Conference being hosted by Congressman Bill Posey and the SBA's Women's Business Center at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, FL on May 21st and 22nd. The free, two-day conference will help small firms that want to offer technology, innovation, defense contracting products and services to the Federal government. Contact Pam Gillespie or David Jackson at 321-632-1776 for appointments with procurement officials and/or defense contractors. |
 | | Georgia District Office Terri Denison, District Director The Georgia Lender Quality Circle, an organization of SBA lenders, hosted the 2012 Georgia Small Business Week Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, May 16 in Atlanta. The guest speaker was State Senator Charlie Bethel, who is director of corporate affairs for a family-owned carpet manufacturing company his grandfather founded. Congratulations to our 2012 Small Business Week Winners, including: Small Business Persons of the Year Laura Darnall and Lois Judy, Co-Owners of Candy Craft Creations of Savannah. www.sba.gov/ga |
 | | Kentucky District Office Ralph Ross, District Director We congratulate the 2012 SBA Kentucky Small Business Person of the Year, Mr. Donovan Wadsworth, Owner of D&M Contracting, Inc., Richmond, KY and the 2012 Kentucky Small Business Champions! Please read more on these great winners:
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 | | Mississippi District Office Janita Stewart, District Director
The Mississippi District and Gulfport Branch Offices are finalizing plans for the 2012 Mississippi Small Business Week Awards Reception. The venue will be an evening reception scheduled for Thursday, June 28th in Biloxi where we will be recognizing and celebrating the successes and achievements of our Small Business Person of the Year along with Small Business Champions and a national winner – the Phoenix Awardee- please contact our office for more information www.sba.gov/ms. |
 | | North Carolina District Office Lynn Douthett, District Director
The SBA North Carolina District Office is hosting a HUBZone Awareness and Certification Workshop on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at Robeson Community College, Lumberton.
The HUBZone program helps small businesses in urban and rural communities gain preferential access to federal procurement opportunities. These preferences go to small businesses that obtain certification in part by employing staff who live in a these designated areas. Bladen, Richmond, Robeson and Scotland counties are designated HUBZone areas. Businesses located in these counties are eligible to apply for certification. Lead Business Opportunity Specialist Dan Lucero will discuss how to become certified and what tools you need to successfully participate in government contracting. Dr. Freda Porter, who owns a HUBZone certified company, Porter Scientific, will share her experiences during the program. Register by calling 910-272-3631 or email bmoore@robeson.edu.
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 | | South Carolina District Office Elliott Cooper, District Director On May 16, the SBA South Carolina District Office, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Coalition for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, presented the ninth annual Salute to Small Business in Columbia. Not only did the Salute honor the winners of the SBA's small business awards, it also featured a Procurement Opportunity Matchmaker, a speed-dating style event matching small businesses with more than 40 public and private-sector procurement representatives and even business consultants. With over 150 businesses attending, the Matchmaker generated more than 1,110 interviews between small businesses and participating procurement officials and consultants. But that's not the end of South Carolina's small business matchmaking events. On Tuesday, May 22, the SBA will participate in a Lender Matchmaker event in Rock Hill connecting small businesses seeking financing with area banks, credit unions and other non-bank lenders. Can't make it to Rock Hill? Then stay tuned for future lender matchmaker events throughout South Carolina throughout 2012 and into 2013. Visit www.sba.gov/sc |
 | | Tennessee District Office Walter Perry, District Director
Administrator Mills Visited Nashville on May 17th-Tours Downtown with Mayor Dean Nashville, Tenn.—Administrator Karen Mills visited the TN DO, and toured the downtown area of Nashville with Mayor Karl Dean almost two years to the day after visiting the same area ravaged by flood waters in May 2010. DD Walter Perry accompanied the Administrator and the Mayor on a walking press tour of three downtown businesses. Jack's Bar-B-Que, helped by an SBA loan in 1999, was the starting point for the tour which included media coverage from CBS affiliate NewsChannel 5, the Tennessee Tribune, La Noticia, El Crucero, the Nashville City Paper, the Small Business Roundtable, and the Nashville Post. Also accompanying the Administrator were 2012 TN Small Business Week winners from Famous Five Dining, SunTrust Bank, Ecostruct, and Petra Capital the SBA National SBIC award winner. Administrator Mills also visited Soundcheck, whose business was almost totally destroyed in the 2010 floods-- but with help from an SBA Disaster Loan, has bounced back to profitability, recently hosting such luminaries as Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift and Garth Brooks. During her visit, the Administrator also gave the keynote address at a DoD Small Business Conference in Nashville. |
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