INC NEWS - Durham Panel Addresses Small Business Lending Roadblocks

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy C. Blalock

Senior Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  December 3, 2008

 

Durham Hosts Panel Discussion to Help Small Businesses Overcome Lending
Roadblocks

Free Event Geared Toward Small Businesses Struggling with Access to
Financing in the Current Recession

 

What:              Small Business Financial Lending Panel Discussion and
Networking Event

 

Who:               City of Durham's Small Business Advisory Committee
and the City's Office of Economic & Workforce Development (OEWD)

 

When:             Tuesday, December 16, 2008, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

 

Where:            Durham City Hall 

Council Chambers

101 City Hall Plaza, 1st Floor

Durham, N.C. 27701

 

Fast Facts

*         Due to the current financial climate and the inability for
many small businesses to access lending, the City of Durham's Small
Business Advisory Committee is hosting a panel discussion with an array
of financial institutions to discuss the availability of funding sources
in today's economy, new criteria for acquiring funding, and how to
qualify. 

 

*         In addition to the panel discussion, small business agencies
will be on hand to assist attendees with positioning themselves to meet
new funding criteria implemented by many of the financial lending
institutions.

 

*         All small business owners, potential entrepreneurs, and the
media are encouraged to attend this free event.

 

*         For additional information about this event, contact Grace
Dzidzienyo, neighborhood commercial development coordinator with the
City's OEWD, at (919) 560-4965 or via e-mail at 
grace.dzidzienyo at durhamnc.gov.  

 

About the Office of Economic and Workforce Development

The Office of Economic and Workforce Development seeks to increase the
city's tax base through several revitalization initiatives including new
development efforts in the central city area; identifies and recruits
target industries; and assesses/trains citizens to fill new jobs.  For
more information, visit www.durhamnc.gov/departments/eed.   

 

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