U.S. Small Business Administration:
WHAT: |  | The U.S. Small Business Administration will honor the participants in its Emerging 200 Initiative (e200) at a graduation ceremony on December 17th. Earlier this year, SBA's e200 program identified 200 inner-city businesses across the nation that demonstrated a high potential for growth. It then provided these small businesses with a free, six- month course of in-depth business education focused on areas such as organization management, growth strategies and management, market development and strategic planning. |
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Chicago was just one of the e200 participating cities. Others included Albuquerque, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Des Moines, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, and Philadelphia. | ||
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| The 17 businesses enrolled from Chicago who completed the program and who will be honored at the graduation ceremony include: | ||
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| -- 3X Data Corporation | ||
| Rose Lynn Wicklander | ||
| -- ABC Data Entry, Inc. | ||
| Harold Shepard | ||
| -- Arias Information Solutions, LLC | ||
| Ray Arias | ||
| -- Barclay Dixon & Smith PC | ||
| Lester Barclay | ||
| -- Collectors Training Institute | ||
| Colby Smith | ||
| -- Cutting Edge Electric, Inc. | ||
| Mark Morales | ||
| -- ELFI Wall System | ||
| George Modrovic | ||
| -- Genesis Construction Services, Inc. | ||
| George Marsh | ||
| -- Gideon's 300 Security Services, Inc. | ||
| Lawrence Moore | ||
| -- Honor-Guard Security, Inc. | ||
| Bill McCurdy | ||
| -- Industria, Inc. | ||
| David Rambhajan | ||
| -- Jero Medical Equipment and Supplies, Inc. | ||
| Obie Wordlaw | ||
| -- Karios Consulting Worldwide | ||
| Lynn Sutton | ||
| -- Moderno Design Build, Inc. | ||
| Meritxell Ferre | ||
| -- Secure Eco - Shred | ||
| Ozzie Bruno | ||
| -- Tropic Construction | ||
| Hipolito Roldan | ||
| -- Weld Tech d/b/a Faithful Fences | ||
| Jim Chmielinski | ||
| -- Instructor: | ||
| Gail Zelitzky -Silver Robins Consulting | ||
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The Chicago e200 effort was a collaborative one. Joining SBA bringing e200 to Illinois were: | ||
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| -- The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | ||
| -- The Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias | ||
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WHO: | Scheduled to speak are: | |
| -- Judith Roussel, District Director, Illinois District Office, SBA | ||
| -- Patrick Rea, Regional Administrator, Region 5 | ||
| -- Jaime Viteri, Director, Illinois Entrepreneurship Network, Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs | ||
| -- Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois State Treasurer (invited not confirmed) | ||
| -- Gail Zelitzky, Silver-Robins Consulting | ||
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Representatives from all e200 sponsor organizations will also be in attendance. Media will also have the opportunity to interview graduates. | ||
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WHEN: | 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 17, 2008 (program will begin at 4:30 p.m.) | |
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WHERE: | Illinois State Museum Art Gallery - James Thompson Center | |
100 West Randolph, Suite 2-100, Chicago, IL 60601 | ||
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Separate interviews and photo opportunities with key participants will be available following the conclusion of the program | ||
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NOTE: | Please contact Luz Rodriguez at 312-353-4529 (or e-mail at luz.rodriguez@sba.gov) or Carole Harris at 312-353-4003 (or e-mail at carole.harris@sba.gov) to indicate your intention to attend. |
Advisory Number: MA08-4
