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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…
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…
Site Visit: Some Federal Regulations are Just Plain Nutty
By Nick Ivory, Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager
Advocacy visited Flory Industries, a small, third generation, family-owned business located in Salida, Calif., that offers products world-wide for harvesting tree nuts like…
Georgia gets Grubby at Area Roundtable Discussion
By Nick Ivory, Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager
Small business owners grilled federal barriers to small business growth during a roundtable hosted by Samuel T. Jackson, entrepreneur and owner of multiple Grub Burger locations…
Site Visit: Plant Spins Regulatory Concerns Round and Round with Advocacy
By Zvi Rosen, Assistant Chief Counsel
On March 22, Michael McManus, Zvi Rosen, and Rosalyn Steward from the Office of Advocacy visited Gold Rush Vinyl, a brand-new pressing plant for vinyl records in Austin, Texas. The visit was…
Site Visit: Family Business Puts the Pedal to the Metal on Reducing Regulations
By Nick Ivory, Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager
A fourth-generation, family-owned business proves that car manufacturing in the greater Detroit area is not entirely running on empty.
Advocacy staff visited E&E…
Site Visit: Advocacy takes a Bite out of Snack Company’s Regulatory Concerns
By Jason Doré, Assistant Chief Counsel for External Affairs/Director of the Office of Information
At the young age of 10, future entrepreneur Trina Davidian started her working life as a babysitter and delivering newspapers. By the time…
Site Visit: Advocacy Learns about Walnut Grower and Processor in California
By Bruce Lundegren, Assistant Chief Counsel
While California’s fertile San Joaquin Valley might be more famous for its production of almonds and other commodities, the area also produces over one billion dollars of walnuts each year. For…
SBA Loans Give Entrepreneurs a Hand Up
By Nick Ivory, Regional Legislative and Regulatory Manager
While in California, Advocacy visited Ross Roberts Truck Repair, Inc., a small diesel engine repair service in Stockton, Calif. The owner, Juan Vega, bought the business in 2011…