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SBA Expo '05: Celebrating National Small Business Week
Tuesday, April 26, through Thursday, April 28, 2005
Hilton Washington Hotel, Washington, DC
SBA Expo '05 registration is now closed.
For Questions and Information:
Dennis Byrne, dennis.byrne@sba.gov, 202-205-6567
Cecelia Taylor, cecelia.taylor@sba.gov, 202-401-3059
Electronic Press Kit Press Releases |
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12/20 |
WASHINGTON - The U.S.
Small Business Administration will mark National Small Business
Week in Washington, D.C., April 26-28, 2005, with SBA Expo ’05
showcasing Small Business Persons of the Year winners from
each state, and featuring the announcement of the National
Small Business of the Year. More >> |
02/15 |
WASHINGTON - Small business
owners, entrepreneurs and others who would like to take part in
the National Small Business Week celebration in April at the U.S.
Small Business Administration’s SBA Expo ’05 can now
register online to attend the event, the SBA said today. More >> |
03/21 |
WASHINGTON – Small
Business Person of the Year winners from 50 states,
the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico and Guam will converge on Washington,
D.C. in late April to mark the annual celebration
of National Small Business
Week during SBA Expo ’05. One of them will be selected
as National Small Business Person of the Year. More >> |
03/24 |
WASHINGTON – U.S. Small Business Administration Deputy Administrator Melanie Sabelhaus announced today five outstanding women entrepreneurs who will be recognized as the top women in small business in 2005. . More >> |
04/20 |
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that Marilyn Carlson Nelson, chairman and CEO of the Carlson Companies, has been designated as the SBA Businesswoman of the Year. More >> |
04/21 |
WASHINGTON - The White House announced today that President George W. Bush will address the attendees at the U.S. Small Business Administration’s national small business conference, SBA Expo ’05. More >> |
04/25 |
WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush applauded America’s 25 million small businesses
as one of the greatest strengths of an American economy that is the most prosperous in the world,
and proclaimed the week of April 24-30 as National Small Business Week to celebrate their
contributions.
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04/26 |
WASHINGTON – Two small business contractors, both from Pennsylvania, were named by the U.S. Small Business Administration as National Prime Contractor of the Year and National Subcontractor of the Year at a luncheon held today at the Hilton Washington Hotel, kicking off SBA Expo ’05.
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04/26 |
WASHINGTON – The owners of a Maryland restaurant nearly destroyed after Hurricane
Isabel, the director of Montana’s Disaster and Emergency Services, an Ohio company that
suffered millions of dollars in losses after a flood, and two volunteers who collected and
distributed donations for Pennsylvania flood victims will be presented with the Phoenix Award
today during the U.S. Small Business Administration’s SBA Expo ‘05: Celebrating National
Small Business Week, the agency’s three-day conference in Washington.
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04/27 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Administrator Hector V. Barreto of the U.S. Small Business
Administration today awarded SBA Champion Awards to nine small business owners and small
business backers from across the country in recognition of their outstanding achievements on
behalf of small business. The awards were presented at a luncheon event at SBA Expo ’05, the
agency’s three-day conference celebrating National Small Business Week.
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04/27 |
WASHINGTON – Marianne Sensale-Guerin of Gorham, Maine, who took over an
environmental services company she had founded nine years earlier and then sold to a larger
firm, and turned it into a top-notch business specializing in mitigating fuel spills and leaks, was
recognized as National Small Business Person of the Year by President George W. Bush during
ceremonies today at SBA Expo ’05, the agency’s three-day conference celebrating National
Small Business Week.
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04/27 |
WASHINGTON – Four formerly small businesses that received early-stage SBA assistance and
have graduated to the “big leagues,” are now slated to be honored as inductees into the U.S.
Small Business Administration’s Hall of Fame on April 27, 2005. The ceremony will take place
at SBA Expo ’05, a co-sponsored conference held April 26-28 celebrating National Small
Business Week, in none other than baseball-frenzied Washington, D.C.
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04/27 |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the second year in a row, Bank of America of Charlotte, N.C., was
recognized as the top small business lender in the nation by the U.S. Small Business
Administration. The 7(a) Loan Lender of the Year award was presented today during a luncheon
award ceremony at the SBA Expo ’05, held at the Hilton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C.
CDC Small Business Finance of San Diego, CA, was honored as the 504 Loan Lender of the Year.
The event was co-sponsored by IBM.
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04/28 |
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration and the General Services Administration (GSA) have renewed their agreement to strengthen the relationship between the two agencies and share information about small business contracting opportunities in order to encourage more small business participation in the GSA’s federal contract procurement process.
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