A recent press release from the U.S. Small Business Administration announces a study that shows Small Business Development Centers are a key player in economic development nationally. The report was published by the the National SmallBusiness Development Center Advisory Board. Here is the press release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration’s national network of Small […]
Filed under: ASBDC, SBA, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, U.S. Small Business Administration, UNF, UNF SBDC, UNFSBDC.blogspot.com by Small Business Resource Center Monday, January 23rd, 2012
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Kelly McDonald, Keynote Speaker Let’s Celebrate!May 25, 201111:30 to 1:30 pmUNF University Center At the 19th Annual Small Business Week Celebration the U.S. Small Business Administration will present its coveted Small Business Week awards spotlighting the outstanding contributions of North Florida business leaders and champions at the district level. The U.S. SBA […]
Filed under: SBA, Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida, Small Business Week, UNF by Small Business Resource Center Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
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As of this writing, it looks like the Federal government will be closing due to the budget impasse. In our world, that means the Small Business Administration offices will be closed and therefore most small business loans will not be going forward as there will be nobody there to process them. Here is the SBA’s […]
Filed under: SBA, SBA Loan, Small Business Administration, UNF Small Business Blog, UNFSBDC.blogspot.com by Small Business Resource Center Friday, April 8th, 2011
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The US Small Business Administration initially restricted the new refinancing option to small businesses that faced balloon payments on mortgages before Dec. 31, 2012. That eliminated an awful lot of companies that we eager to refinance. It has just been announced that effective April 6, the SBA will open the 504 refinancing option to businesses […]
Filed under: SBA, SBA 504, SBA 504 Refinancing, SBDC at UNF, UNF by Small Business Resource Center Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
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Accreditation is critical for the SBDC to secure continued funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration (U.S. SBA), and is also essential for the national SBDC program to be recognized as a high quality economic development organization. On May 31, 2010, the Florida Small Business Development Center Network (FSBDC Network) was notified that the statewide […]
Filed under: accountability, accreditation, ASBDC, economic impact, FSBDC, SBA, SBDC, UNF by Small Business Resource Center Friday, July 9th, 2010
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SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program Activated In response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill, the SBA has authorized the activation of the Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) program for the counties included in the attached SBA Press Release. The SBA is setting up an office in Pensacola at the SBDC at UWF Center located […]
Filed under: Disaster Loans, Enterprise Florida, SB, SBA, UNF by Small Business Resource Center Monday, May 17th, 2010
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Thanks to Florida First Capital Finance Corporation for this update that indicates the funds for eliminating soft costs for SBA 7a and 504 loans are exhausted so we are returning to the pre-ARRA regulations unless the Obama jobs bill is passed. The bill includes a provision to eliminate loan fees through September 2010. Read on… […]
Filed under: 7a, FFCFC, SBA, SBA 504, Small Business Blog, Small Business Loans, UNF Small Business Blog by Small Business Resource Center Monday, February 22nd, 2010
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The Small Business Administration will provide more assistance and capital to small businesses. The FY 2010 Appropriations Bill shows the SBA will receive $824 million which is $212 million above 2009 and $45 million above the request. Highlights include:· Overall Lending: Supports $28 billion in new lending to small businesses· Microlending: $25 million in new […]
Filed under: SBA, SBDC, Small Business Blog, Small Business Development Center, UNF SBDC by Small Business Resource Center Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
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It appears that the SBA is showing an increase in the number of government backed loans. In the last quarter of 2009, the SBA backed over 12,000 7a loans as compared to the same quarter in 2008 where the total was only 9,000. While encouraging, the last quarters numbers are quite a bit lower than […]
Filed under: 7a, banks, CNN, SBA, Small Business Blog, Small Business Loans, UNF Small Business Blog by Small Business Resource Center Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
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Thanks to the financial support of the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners, the SBDC at UNF now has a full time office in St. Johns County. Marge Cirillo, St. Johns County’s very own SBDC Certified Business Analyst, has an office in the County’s Growth Management Building, also known as the “Permit Center”. SBDC […]
Filed under: Certified Business Analyst, Commisioner Ken Bryan, Marge Cirillo, SBA, St. Johns County by Small Business Resource Center Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
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