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| For Release: IMMEDIATE | Contact: Public Affairs |
| Date: April 27, 2005 | (919) 807-6963 |
Small Business celebrated at the General Assembly
Raleigh: North Carolina's small businesses will be in the spotlight at the General Assembly on Thursday, April 28 when the members of the Business Resource Alliance join forces to celebrate National Small Business Week.
At 7:30 a.m., the Alliance will host a Small Business and Entrepreneurship Breakfast in the Legislative Cafeteria in the Legislative Building on Jones Street. Legislators will hear brief presentations from:
- H. Martin Lancaster, President of the
North Carolina Community College System, will highlight recent
accomplishments of the system's Small Business Center Network, which
provides education and training for entrepreneurs at each of the system's 58
comprehensive community colleges.
- Leslie Scott, Director of the Institute
for Rural Entrepreneurship at the Rural Economic Development Center, will
outline the work of the Business Resource Alliance.
- Marc King, Deputy State Director of the
North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Centers associated
with the University of North Carolina, will provide insight into the value
of small business.
- Lynn Douthett, Assistant District Director of the US Small Business Administration, will present a special award to be announced that morning.
Immediately following the breakfast, 17 members of the Business Resource Alliance will demonstrate their producers and services in the North Lobby and courtyards 1100 and 1200 in the Legislative Building.
Small businesses make up a huge sector of the economy. Between 1998 and 2002, small business created 27,000 jobs in North Carolina and adde3d $2.3 billion to their payrolls. Businesses with fewer than 50 employees accounted for 99 percent of all business growth during that time. Nationally, 96 percent of all businesses employ fewer than 50 workers.
Media are welcome at the breakfast and at the demonstrations. For more information, contact Willa Dickens, Small Business Center Network Director at the North Carolina Community College System, 919-807-7217 or dickensw@nccommunitycolleges.edu
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