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News articles written by the Office of Advocacy’s Regional Advocates
Interagency Cooperation Saves Christmas for Tree Harvesting Company
By Apollo Fuhriman, Region 10 Advocate
At the end of October, a distraught business owner in Salem, Ore., contacted Regional Advocate Apollo Fuhriman seeking help for her business. This Christmas tree harvesting business opened its!-->!-->!-->…
Small Businesses in Region 6 Have Another Great Year
By Rhett Davis, Region 6 Advocate
The Office of Advocacy visited
every corner of Region 6 in 2019. We traveled to places from the top of the
region in Oklahoma City and Fayetteville, to the bottom in Brownsville, Texas. We
hit stops!-->!-->!-->…
Delay, Delay, Delay: Small Business Stuck with Uncertainty About Brexit
By Thomas Rossomondo, Manufacturing and Technology Advocate
I recently attended a forum on the implications
of the United Kingdom exiting the European Union (aka “Brexit”) for American businesses held at Duquesne
University, and!-->!-->!-->…
Texas Small Businesses Share Their Concerns with Advocacy
The Office of Advocacy visited San Antonio and Austin, Texas, on
September 5-6 to meet with small business leaders and hear about their federal
regulatory concerns.
The Small Business Development Center at Texas State University
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Rutgers Food Innovation Center – Food Entrepreneur Boot Camp
By Christine Myers, Region 2 Advocate
Did you grow up eating your
grandmother’s special cake or your mother’s special gravy? Have you spent 20 years fine tuning a barbecue
sauce or creating an alternative snack because you are!-->!-->!-->…
Reservations Have Extra Bureaucratic Hurdles for Small Businesses
By Apollo Fuhriman, Region 10 Advocate
Recently, Region 10 Administrator
Jeremy Field and Region 10 Advocate Apollo Fuhriman met with small businesses
operating on the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon. While these businesses are!-->!-->!-->…
The Void: How the Wayfair Decision Is Affecting Small Business in New Hampshire
By Keegan Shepardson, Region 1 Advocate
Last month, I had the pleasure of attending
a Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee field hearing co-hosted by Senators
Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire. The hearing!-->!-->!-->…
Albuquerque Small Business Leaders Discuss Their Regulatory Burdens
By Rhett Davis, Region 6 Advocate
There are 150,000 small businesses in New Mexico, comprising 99% of all firms in the state. They employ a third of a million people, or about 55% of the employees in the state.
To learn more about!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
University-Small Business Partnerships: A Growing Trend with Encouraging Results for Local…
By Marina DeWit, Region 9 Advocate
With
the U.S. unemployment rate at 3.7 percent, the lowest level in the past half
century, small businesses are adjusting their employment models in ways that
will attract and retain new!-->!-->!-->…
Small Business Roundtable in Bangor, Maine, Focuses on Labor Force and Regulatory Issues
By Bruce Lundegren, Assistant Chief Counsel
A common topic at many of the SBA Office of Advocacy’s
Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables has been labor force concerns and the
current difficulty of small businesses to attract and retain!-->!-->!-->…