Site Visit: Planting Skilled Labor Troublesome for Family Farm
By Prianka Sharma, Assistant Chief Counsel
On June 6, Assistant Chief Counsels Prianka Sharma and Jamie Belcore and Rural Advocate Joseph Knilans visited Yarborough Ranches in Seminole County, Fla., where they participated in a small…
Site Visit: Ale in a Day’s Work
By Nick Ivory, Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager
During Advocacy’s trip to Florida, we stopped by 81Bay Brewing Co. to learn about regulatory issues affecting small brewing companies. Founded just recently in 2016, the company…
Federal Regulations Discussion has Small Business Jumping off the Rails
By Thomas Rossomando, National Advocate for Manufacturing and Technology
The Office of Advocacy recently attended a Regulatory Roundtable in Jacksonville, Fla. Thanks to the hard work of Bruce LeVell, the Regional Advocate for Region 4,…
Site Visit: Small Business Hatches Ideas to Ease Its Industry’s Regulatory Burdens
By Prianka Sharma, Assistant Chief Counsel
On June 8, Assistant Chief Counsel Prianka Sharma and Regional Advocate Apollo Fuhriman traveled to Cedar Key, Florida, to hear from the aquaculture industry. After touring a hatchery, and going…
Tampa Recycler Turns Old Electronics Into Precious Materials
By Bruce Lundegren, Assistance Chief Counsel
In 2012, Greg and Dellinda Rabinowitz had an idea— take old electronic materials and recycle them to recover their precious metals, like gold, silver, platinum, and copper. It was an ambitious…
Site Visit: Central Florida Small Business Owner Chomps Down on Excessive EPA Rules
By Nick Ivory, Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager
Black Hammock Adventures, a Central Florida attraction located just outside of Orlando, FL on the waterfront of Lake Jesup, is a neat little operation that provides airboat…
Florida Small Business Makes Headlines with their Plaque Company
By Christine Myers, Region 2 Small Business Advocate
In the News, a plaque company based in Tampa, Fla., has been in business for more than 31 years, but it took the break-up of the Bell System to make it thrive. How could the break-up…
Past Event Announcement: Still Time to Register for our Iowa Roundtables!
Please join us in Iowa as we continue our roundtable road trip across America to hear from you!
Advocacy is hosting small business roundtables in order to hear, firsthand, from small businesses facing regulatory burdens. Come tell us…
Past Event Announcement: Still Time to Register for our Florida Roundtables!
Please join us in The Sunshine State for another round of roundtables.
Advocacy is hosting small business roundtables in order to hear, firsthand, from small businesses facing regulatory burdens. Come tell us which federal agency…
Georgia Small Businesses Partner with Advocacy to Hold Hot Roundtable
By Nick Ivory, Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager
Small business owners turned up the heat on burdensome regulations during a small business roundtable hosted by Sigma Thermal, a manufacturing company that designs, engineers,…