Region 6

by Janea Jamison, Region 6 Advocate Our nation celebrated the very first Women's History Month in 1987. Since then, women-owned businesses grew to over 11 million firms. According to the Office of Advocacy's most recent…

by Janea Jamison, Region 6 Advocate Currently, Black business owners own over three million businesses and employ almost 1.2 million people. Despite some setbacks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it's clear that Black small businesses…

Written by Janea Jamison, Region 6 Advocate For many small businesses, 2022 was a year of reflection. While many small businesses made various adjustments due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States experienced a…

By Janea Jamison, Region 6 Advocate I recently visited Oklahoma to talk small businesses and share the Office of Advocacy’s work. My visit included stakeholder site visits with the Tulsa Regional Chamber Congressional Forum, and…

By Rhett Davis, Region 6 Advocate The Office of Advocacy recently visited Houma, Louisiana to participate in a small business regulatory forum. An hour southwest of New Orleans, Houma is the largest city along the south-central…

By Rhett Davis, Region 6 Advocate There are a quarter million small businesses in the state of Arkansas, and more than 99 percent of the state’s firms are small, according to the Office of Advocacy’s 2019 Arkansas Small Business…

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…

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 hosted…

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…