Success Small Business Symposium

NEWS RELEASE Ronald E. Bew, District Director 400 N. 8th Street, Suite 1150 Richmond, VA 23240 Phone: (804) 771-2400 Fax: (804) 771-2580 Release Date: June 4, 2008 Release Number: 08-35 Contact: Peggy FaJohn (804) 771-2400 Email: margaret.fajohn@sba.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RICHMOND DISTRICT OFFICE SUCCESS 2008 SMALL BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM RICHMOND, Va. - The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Richmond District Office and New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ will present a “SUCCESS 2008 Small Business Symposium” on Saturday, June 14, 2008, at the New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ, located at 118 Erie Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451. The symposium will be conducted from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m. For more information, or to register for the symposium, please call either the church at (757) 425-8431 or James Williams with the Small Business Administration at (804) 771-2400 ext. 123. New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ is hosting this symposium under the President’s Faith-Based and Community Initiative. The program, organized by the U.S. Sma ll Business Administration, is part of a national effort to raise awareness about the agency’s programs and services, and to provide free educational resources to small business owners. Ron Bew, district director of SBA’s Richmond District Office, remarked, “This symposium can assist Tidewater entrepreneurs and small business owners in gaining access to capital, locating local sources for technical assistance, and opening the doors of opportunity to more than $300 billion in federal contracting opportunities. It is through the positive efforts of Bishop Barnett K. Thoroughgood that we can provide this type of program that can change a life of small business owners, one American at a time.” In the Small Business Act of July 30, 1953 Congress created the U.S. Small Business Administration, whose function is to "aid, counsel, assist, and protect, insofar as is possible, the interests of small business concerns." Since its founding more than a half-century ago, the U.S. Small Business Administration has delivered about 24 million loans, loan guaranties, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses. You can receive regular information and program updates from the SBA’s Richmond District Office via email. To subscribe, visit http://web.sba.gov/list and select “RICHMOND, VA NEWSLETTER” ###