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Good news--InBusiness Madison magazine recently named SBA's Wisconsin District Director Eric Ness as one of its 2024 Power100! Read all about it: https://lnkd.in/gj6_7AcV
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Good news--InBusiness Madison magazine recently named SBA's Wisconsin District Director Eric Ness as one of its 2024 Power100! Read all about it: https://lnkd.in/gj6_7AcV
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On Sept. 25, SBA Great Lakes Regional Administrator Geri Sanchez Aglipay Aglipay gave opening remarks at the Blatnik Bridge Information and Opportunity Session in Superior, Wis. (left photo). More than a dozen federal, state, and local agencies and resource partners spoke at the day-long session to an audience of 104 businesses and partners to help businesses get work on the $1.8 billion BIL-funded Blatnik Bridge Replacement Project and to mitigate business risks posed by long-term road closures and construction. SBA District Directors @Eric Ness (Wisconsin) (far right, right photo) and Brian McDonald, SBA Minnesota District Office (far left, right photo) also made opening remarks and introduced the RA, who introduced the Minnesota Department of Transportation Secretary @Nancy Daubenberger (center in right photo in light jacket), whose agency will take the lead on the project. After her remarks the grpup briefly met with @Anna Ringstad, Sen. Baldwin’s regional representative (third from right), Gene Manzanet, Ph.D., Senior Director of Diverse Business Development for Wisconsin EDC (second from left) and Ugo Nwagbaraocha (second from right), the new national VP of NAMC and CEO of Milwaukee firm Diamond Discs International. The tour was followed by small business visits in both Wisconsin and Minnesota.
#SomaliAmericans #Smallbusiness With the historic start-up boom under the Biden-Harris Administration, all U.S. Small Business Administration field District Offices in the SBA Great Lakes Region are committed to serving all small businesses across diverse communities, including immigrants and New Americans - who are 80% more likely to start businesses than native born - - like Somali communities that our offices of SBA Columbus District Office and SBA Minnesota District Office are working with to expand access to business development reosurces. Recently SBA Great Lakes Regional Administrator Geri Sanchez Aglipay and SBA Minnesota District Office District Director Brian McDonald Deputy Director Chris Wicker, MBA visited Somali community center Zawadi with the director and the Imam to learn about their coworking space for emerging and current entrepreneurs. And in an interview with Dalmar cable TV Somali news, SBA Columbus District Office District Director Everett M. Woodel, Jr., MBA and Deputy District Director Terry A. Bolden discuss how and their team are meeting owners where they are by learning of the culture, the diverse community groups and leaders, and building mutual trust to support Somali #smallbusiness to thrive in Ohio and Minnesota.
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#MINNESOTA #LATINA #SMALLBUSINESS While visiting small businesses all across the Duluth-Superior area, SBA Great Lakes Region Administrator Geri Sanchez Aglipay alongside SBA Minnesota District Office and SBA Wisconsin District Office met Latina owner Tabatha Beier, of A+ Landscaping & Garden Center. This family-owned and operated business has state landscaping and road contracts, plus has received a variety of SBA assistance throughout her business journey, including financing, and business technical counseling from SBA resource partner Northland Small Business Development Center. #HISPANICHERITAGEMONTH #CONTRACTING Visit sba.gov to learn more about how SBA Minnesota District Office and SBA Great Lakes Regional Office can help your Minnesota business start and grow.
#WISCONSIN #Hispanic #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinoEntrepreneurship SBA Great Lakes Regional Administrator Geri Sanchez Aglipay writes on Hispanic Heritage Month. ⏩ "Under landmark bi-partisan legislation passed under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America economic agenda, Hispanic small business owners are catalyzing the Badger state economy and strengthening America. They’re getting contracts, increasing revenues and creating good-paying jobs from infrastructure projects such as high-speed internet installation, lead pipe abatement, re-shoring manufacturing, and improving climate-resilient roads, bridges, homes and buildings. Customer growth and revenue opportunities are rich for small firms who are certified through SBA’s contracting assistance programs such as HubZone, women-owned small business, 8(a) Business Development program or service-disabled veteran-owned who work with the SBA, WEDC State of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Procurement institute. Job creation by Hispanic small businesses contributes to closing the wealth gap, wherein Hispanic and Latino households only own about 15 to 20 percent of the net wealth held by the average White household. Equity has been a priority from day one of the Biden-Harris Administration and the SBA. Being in the field, I’m acutely aware that finding business funding and trusted advisors that impart the knowledge capital needed to manage funding and run a business can be daunting. And for too long, systemic obstacles have prevented most Latino entrepreneurs from accessing the money, tools and resources for business success. That’s why the SBA is working hard to deliver affordable capital, accessible contracts, and unbiased counseling to Latino small businesses... Under Administrator Guzman’s leadership, the Latino share of the SBA’s lending portfolio has grown 4 percentage points in the last three years, from 7.8% to 12.2%. In fiscal year 2023, the agency funded a record-shattering $3 billion to Latino-owned small businesses. In Wisconsin and the five states in Great Lakes Region, over the last three years we’ve increased funding by nearly one-third to Latinos since fiscal year 2021."
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Saturday Sept. 21 - Educación Financiera (Spanish) 10am – 12pm | SBDC Office 221 Ave. SW Rochester 55902 - 6th Floor Register: https://lnkd.in/ggfMHb4u ¡Celebrando del mes de la Herencia Hispana! Acompañe a la SBA en esta presentación. Aprenda a utilizar sus estados financieros y mejorar estrategias financieras sólidas para el éxito de su negocio. Los temas incluyen: teneduría de libros, estados financieros, flujo de efectivo, financiamiento comercial y acceso al capital. Asistiendo a esta clase, podras entender la importancia de la educación financiera para el éxito de su pequeña empresa. Maribel Mallet, Julie Herrera-Lemler, Southeast MN Small Business Development Center
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"It’s important for our democracy, our economy, and our global competitiveness that we make sure all Americans can be successful.” 🎉 Congratulations to Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman for being named one of TIME's 2024 Latino Leaders! https://bit.ly/4g9bKLV
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Yesterday, the SBA Minnesota District Office had the opportunity to honor the efforts of our top lenders across the state at the Minnesota Small Business Lenders Conference. The award winners were recognized for having the highest participation in SBA-backed loan programs, playing an integral role in helping small business owners succeed. U.S. Bank, Frandsen Bank & Trust, BankVista, Platinum Bank, Drake Bank, Magnifi Financial, Entrepreneur Fund, MBFC, SBA 504 Lending! , Amplio, Twin Cities-Metro CDC. Thank you to BankIn Minnesota and the Minnesota Bankers Association for their efforts in organizing a great day full of educational sessions. #SBAmnLC Find out more on SBA lending at www.sba.gov #smallbusiness
#WISCONSIN #Madison. Back to school and new beginnings with the groundbreaking ribbon cutting Black Business Hub of the Urban League of Greater Madison! SBA Great Lakes Regional Administrator Geri Sanchez Aglipay provided congratulatory celebration comments. We look forward to working with our partners to grow thriving small and diverse small businesses in Madison and Wisconsin for a more inclusive economy! U.S. Small Business Administration under Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman leadership has more than doubled access to capital to Black owned, and a historic small business startup boom under the #BidenHarris Administration is 19 million and counting upwards led by people of color and women! Thank you to visionary leader at Madison Urban League Dr. Ruben Anthony, Jr., National Urban League MARC MORIAL, and the support of @senator Tammy Baldwin, Representative US Representative Mark Pocan, Secretary Missy Hughes, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Secretary Sarah Godlewski - plus WWBIC Wendy Baumann and @madison black chamber @CamilleCarter as partners to serve more Black-owned and minority owned in Madison and Wisconsin in the entire state with with SBA Wisconsin District Office and SBA Great Lakes Region and our all of shared community partners to meet owners where they are and advance equity!
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The SBA Columbus District Office participated in the 4th Annual VET OHIO EXPO supporting the Veteran Community! The expo is the largest veteran event in the State of Ohio that celebrates our veteran businesses and business owners! Special Thanks Regina Debro Rembert, M.Ed., SHRM-CP for hosting such a wonderful event! Everett M. Woodel, Jr., MBA, District Director Columbus District office gave opening remarks kicking off the event Terry A. Bolden, Deputy District Director, Shanda Harris, Business Opportunity Specialist and Shannon Feucht, Lead Economic Development Specialist.