Region 2

By Christine Myers, Region 2 Advocate While visiting Rochester and Buffalo, N.Y., I had the opportunity to meet with a small business that turned a possible catastrophe into a new opportunity for growth. The Gordon Companies is a…

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…

The call for help from America’s small businesses continued this month in Princeton, New Jersey, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Poughkeepsie, New York, where the Office of Advocacy held Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables to hear concerns…

By Adrienne Foster, Region 7 Advocate On the shores of the Hudson Bay looking out on to the Statute of Liberty sits the Red Hook Winery. On September 14, 2018, the Office of Advocacy was invited to visit the business owned by Mark Snyder…

By Christine Myers, Region 2 Advocate Hundreds of entrepreneurs with pretty quirky ideas have grown their companies and their pocketbooks by appearing on the famed reality TV show, "Shark Tank." As a contestant, you have to run the…

By Marina DeWit, Region 9 Advocate After 10 years as a production manager at a construction company, Chuck Beverly wanted to utilize his experience and skills in a business of his own. With the help of the Small Business Development Center…

By Max Moncure, Acting Confidential Assistant to the Chief Counsel Recently staff from the Office of Advocacy had the splendid opportunity of touring Pawelski Farms in New York State. Chris Pawelski has been working the farm his entire…

By Nick Ivory, Director of Regional Affairs Shortly after our Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtable in Upstate New York, Advocacy stopped by Honey Bee Child Care, a daycare center in Wappingers Falls, NY. We spoke with the owner Kathy…

By Bruce Lundegren, Assistant Chief Counsel The Office of Advocacy hosted a Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtable in Princeton, New Jersey on September 11, 2018 that attracted dozens of small businesses and their representatives who were…

By Christine Myers, Region 2 Advocate Last month, I traveled to Puerto Rico for the first time as the Region 2 Advocate. I have visited Puerto Rico before on vacation, but, admittedly, I was focused on fun, sun, and sightseeing. That was…