[Durham INC] Durham & Cree Host Small Business Supplier Fair May 13

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov

 

For Immediate Release:  May 11, 2010

 

 

Durham and Cree Partner to Host Small Business Supplier Fair

Free Event for Small Business Owners Interested in New Business
Opportunities  

 

What:              2nd Annual Small Business Supplier Fair

 

Who:               Cree, Inc. and the City of Durham Office of Economic
and Workforce Development's Small Business Advisory Committee

 

When:             Thursday, May 13, 2010, from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

 

Where:            Cree Auditorium 

4600 Silicon Drive 

                        Research Triangle Park, NC 27703

 

Fast Facts:

*         The purpose of 2nd Annual Small Business Supplier Fair is to
promote networking and procurement opportunities between large
corporations and small businesses. 

 

*         The small business fair also encourages contracting and
subcontracting opportunities between federal and local government
agencies and small businesses. 

 

*         The event is free to small business owners.  For additional
information, contact Grace Dzidzienyo, small business development
specialist with the City's Office of Economic & Workforce Development,
at (919) 560-4965, or Debra Giles, small business liaison officer with
CREE, Inc., at (919) 287-7727.

 

About the Office of Economic and Workforce Development:

The City of Durham's Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD)
seeks to increase the city's tax base through several revitalization
initiatives, including new development efforts in the central city area.
The department also identifies and recruits target industries as well as
assesses and trains Durham residents to fill new jobs.  For more
information, visit www.durhamnc.gov/departments/eed. 

 

About Cree, Inc.

Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and setting the stage to
obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of
energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a
market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and
semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications.  Cree's
product families include LED fixtures and bulbs, blue and green LED
chips, high-brightness LEDs, lighting-class power LEDs, power-switching
devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. Cree solutions are driving
improvements in applications such as general illumination, backlighting,
electronic signs and signals, variable-speed motors, and wireless
communications.  For additional product and company information, please
refer to www.cree.com.  To learn more about the LED Lighting Revolution,
please visit www.creeledrevolution.com.

 

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