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@DurhamNC.gov or by calling (919) 560-4180, extension 17241. On-site registration will also be accepted.
