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The U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Black Chamber, Inc. will host a free National 8(a) Training, Business Matchmaking and Awards Ceremony at the Carnegie Library in Washington, D.C., on October 10. The event will give small disadvantaged businesses access to guidance on federal contracting, face-to-face meetings and opportunities to team with larger businesses and…
The Barnes Agency, a West Virginia-based full service advertising, marketing and public relations firm, has recently been recognized by the West Virginia Press Association as winner of both first and second place in the Best Agency category for ads designed in 2011 and placed in both The Times Record and Roane County Reporter on behalf…
Breast cancer is a dangerous disease, with more than 1,300 women expected to be diagnosed in West Virginia in 2012. Although mortality rates are decreasing, an estimated 294 West Virginia women will still die from the disease this year. As the fight against breast cancer continues, West Virginia communities are coming together to spread the…
Groundbreaking and excavation for a new medical office building on Tennessee Avenue across from City Hospital has begun. West Virginia University Hospitals-East City Hospital Foundation, owner of the property, is leasing a portion of the 10-acre parcel to a Chicago based developer who is constructing a 45,000-square-foot medical office building on the property. The development…
National Encore Entrepreneur Mentor Day to promote entrepreneurship among individuals ages 50 and older will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 2 at the Charleston Area Alliance located at 1116 Smith Street, Charleston. The local event, as part of a larger effort by the U.S. Small Business Administration and AARP, is designed…
Are you a woman who is ready to start or expand a small business? Now’s a good time to take that first step, with help from a U.S. Small Business Administration series of four web chats during October, which is also National Women’s Small Business Month. Each week in October, SBA’s web chat series will…