Small Business Tour, Office Reception, and Ribbon Cutting to Spotlight Agency’s New NEPA Office
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The U.S. Small Business Administration officially opens its new Wilkes-Barre Branch Office on August 23, 2012, with a small business tour, office reception, and ribbon cutting ceremony, the agency announced today. These events are open to the media.
The location of the U.S. SBA’s new Wilkes-Barre Branch Office in Northeastern Pennsylvania makes agency programs and services more accessible to the northern tier of Pennsylvania and better connects the agency with the lending and small business communities that it serves.
| WHO: |
Dave Dickson, SBA Philadelphia District Director Robert Maximowicz, SBA Wilkes-Barre Branch Office Manager Pennsylvania State Senator John Blake Pennsylvania State Senator John Yudichak Susan Herland, Owner, My Mother’s Delicacies Sean Kelly, Owner, Wilkes-Barre Sonic Jody McGrail, Owner, Wilkes-Barre Sonic |
| WHAT,WHEN, & WHERE: |
10:00 a.m. My Mother’s Delicacies Tour and media availability. 11:30 a.m. U.S. SBA Wilkes-Barre Branch Office Reception, ribbon cutting ceremony and media availability. 1:30 p.m. Sonic Tour and media availability. |
| OF NOTE: |
For one-on-one interviews, contact Jennifer Pilcher (Jennifer.pilcher@sba.gov).
The SBA’s Wilkes-Barre Branch office serves the following 14 Pennsylvania counties: Pike, Wayne, Susquehanna, Lackawanna, Wyoming, Luzerne, Columbia, Montour, Sullivan, Bradford, Tioga, Lycoming, Wyoming, Luzerne, Columbia, Montour, Sullivan, Bradford, Tioga, Lycoming, Clinton, and Potter. |
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