[Durham INC] Durham Offers Small Business Workshop Sept. 29

[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: September 15, 2011

 

 

 

Durham Offers Small Business Workshop Sept. 29

Year-Long Free Workshop Series Designed to Support Small Business Growth
and Development; 

Second Seminar Set for September 29th  

 

What:              Technical and Financial Small Business Assistance
Programs

 

Who:               City of Durham Equal Opportunity and Equity Assurance
Department

 

When:             Thursday, September 29, 2011, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

 

Where:            City Council Chambers

                        101 City Hall Plaza, First Floor

                        Durham, N.C. 27701

 

Fast Facts:

*         This seminar will familiarize local small businesses with
financial and technical assistance offered by the Small Business
Technology & Development Center located at North Carolina Central
University in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
This training, conducted by Mary Speight, assistant regional director
for the center, will also cover all assistance programs offered at the
center with opportunities to ask questions and seek appointments for
future follow-up.

 

*         The workshop is the second in a series of workshops developed
by the City's Equal Opportunity/Equity Assurance Department to provide
technical assistance services to local, small businesses for this fiscal
year. These free workshops are open to all interested small business
owners and entrepreneurs. 

 

*         Participants are asked to pre-register for each seminar by
visiting the City's website at 
www.DurhamNC.gov/Departments/Equal/Training_Request.cfm or by contacting
Vincent Wingate, senior equal opportunity/equity assurance specialist
with the City's Equal Opportunity/Equity Assurance Department, by e-mail
at Vincent.Wingate at DurhamNC.gov or by calling (919) 560-4180, extension
17241. On-site registration will also be accepted.

 

About the Equal Opportunity/Equity Assurance Department

The City of Durham's Equal Opportunity/Equity Assurance Department is
responsible for the implementation of the City's Equal Business
Opportunity Program. Responsibilities include implementation of race and
gender neutral measures to facilitate the participation of Small
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (SDBE) in City contracting activity,
recruitment, certification, and maintenance of SDBE data bank, business
development, City project compliance, monitoring, and reporting. To
learn more, visit www.DurhamNC.gov/Departments/Equal/. 

 

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