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2019 SBA San Antonio District Small Business Week Announced
SAN ANTONIO – The SBA San Antonio District Office is pleased to announce the 2019 District Small Business Week winners. This year’s National Small Business Week is scheduled for May 5 -11, 2019.
This year, in partnership with the UTSA Institute for Economic Development and South-West Texas Border (SWTXB) SBDC Network, the SBA San Antonio District Office will recognize top entrepreneurs for their achievements to include those individuals and individuals who champion small business.
The event will be held on Wednesday, May 8 at the Magnolia Halle in San Antonio Texas.
This year’s San Antonio District Small Business Week winners are:
Small Business Person of the Year
Jae Kim
Chi’lantro
Austin Texas
Small Business Development Center Excellence and Innovation Center Award
Texas A&M International University Small Business Development Center
Laredo, Texas
Minority-Owned Small Business of the Year
Texas Lonestar Collision LLC
San Angelo, Texas
Women-Owned Small Business of the Year
Express Contracting
San Antonio, Texas
Family Owned Small Business of the Year
Cakes of Glory, Inc
Laredo, Texas
Small Business Champion of the Year
Michael Pleasant
San Antonio, Texas
Financial Service Champion of the Year
Garry Lindner
Austin, Texas
SCORE Mentor of the Year
Chris Hughes – San Antonio Chapter
Pamela Kaur – Austin Chapter
For more information about the event visit www.sasmallbusinessweek.org
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The SBA San Antonio District Office located in the heart of San Antonio in the Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building, across the street from the Alamo, with a service area that spans across 55 counties within Texas. The counties served are: Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Comal, Concho, Crockett, De Witt, Dimmit, Edwards, Fayette, Frio, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Hays, Irion, Jackson, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, La Salle, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Live Oak, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, McMullen, Medina, Menard, Real, Refugio, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green, Travis, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Web, Williamson, Wilson, and Zavala.
About the U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration makes the American dream of business ownership a reality. As the only go-to resource and voice for small businesses backed by the strength of the federal government, the SBA empowers entrepreneurs and small business owners with the resources and support they need to start, grow or expand their businesses, or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network of SBA field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations. To learn more, visit www.sba.gov.