SBA Launches New HUBZONE Maps, Partners with U.S. Digital Service to Streamline & Enhance Small Business Online Services
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today a new Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) map via Google Chrome at www.sba.gov/hubzone-maps. It’s the first step in SBA’s federal contracting programs modernization effort. The HUBZone map helps small businesses determine program eligibility. It features the latest HUBZone designations, “Qualified Disaster Areas” and new features to improve usability […]
More Students are Succeeding at West Liberty University
More Mountain State students are succeeding in college thanks, in part, to an overhaul in the way entry-level courses are taught, according to the Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) at its June 23 meeting. The HEPC explained that reforms to developmental education are helping more students pass first-year math and English courses. West Liberty University […]
West Virginia Launches First Shop Small in July Campaign
West Virginia’s first “Shop Small in July” campaign will urge citizens of the Mountain State to shop small and local throughout the month. The campaign will also encourage West Virginia small businesses to prepare for Small Business Saturday and the upcoming winter holiday shopping season. The inaugural “Shop Small in July” campaign is the brainchild […]
Paddle For Peace: From War to Healing Water
By Annie Laurie Balthazar As the longest war in U.S. history lingers on, veterans continue to return home facing an unseen and different kind of battle. According to a VA suicide data report, 20 percent of veterans suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression and as many as 8,000 commit suicide each year. Over […]
