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Special announcement

Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill (H.R. 5371), leading to a government shutdown that is preventing the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) from serving America’s 36 million small businesses.

Every day that Senate Democrats continue to oppose a clean funding bill, they are stopping an estimated 320 small businesses from accessing $170 million in SBA-guaranteed funding.

As a result of the shutdown, we wanted to notify you that many of our services supporting small businesses are currently unavailable. The agency is executing its Lapse Plan and as soon as the shutdown is over, we are prepared to immediately return to the record-breaking services we were providing under the leadership of the Trump Administration.

If you need disaster assistance, please visit sba.gov/disaster.

Boots to Business Reboot

Multi-day event

Date and time

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
to Thursday, November 6, 2025

8:00 am to 4:00 pm EST

Location

112 Bank St.
Norfolk, VA 23510

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Organizer

Josh Kovitch
jkovitch@odu.edu
757-683-5505

Host organization

ODU VBOC

Type of event

Resource Partner event

Event description

A two-day class designed to help members of the military community kickstart their entrepreneurial journey. Hosted by the Veterans Business Outreach Center, this workshop offers practical guidance and resources for launching a business. This free in-person event is open to all members of the military community.