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MEDIA ALERT: 2nd Annual Sustainability Summit for Local Small Businesses
February 13, 2008
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“Survival and sustainable growth is dependent on all of us working together, neighborhood by neighborhood, business by business,” said Carmen Sunda, Director of the Louisiana Small Business Development Center of Greater New Orleans. “This summit is about working smarter and being prepared.”
MEDIA ALERT
2nd Annual Sustainability Summit for Local Small Businesses
NEW ORLEANS, LA, February 13, 2008 - The 2nd Annual Small Business Sustainability Summit is being held to help further the recovery of the small businesses in New Orleans. The Summit provides the opportunity for small business owners to learn new strategies for stabilizing and sustaining their businesses.
The Summit is a cooperative effort of the American Red Cross Hurricane Recovery Program, Desire NOLA, the Louisiana Small Business Development Center of Greater New Orleans, the National Association of Women Business Owners, Seedco Financial Services, and the Urban Conservancy’s Stay Local! initiative.
“Survival and sustainable growth is dependent on all of us working together, neighborhood by neighborhood, business by business,” said Carmen Sunda, Director of the Louisiana Small Business Development Center of Greater New Orleans. “This summit is about working smarter and being prepared.”
For more information or to register, local small business owners can go to www.staylocal.org/summits/ or call 504-831-3730.
What: 2nd Annual Small Business Sustainability Summit
Sessions include:
*Insurance - What Works, What You Can Negotiate (Feb. 21)
*Neighborhood Check-Up - How Are We Doing? (Feb. 22)
*Now What? - Strategies for Economic Resilience (Feb. 23)
*Panel discussion on Sustainable Growth Strategies (Feb. 23)
*Phase II of LED Small Business Grant and Loan Program (Feb. 23)
Where: Loyola University and recovering neighborhoods throughout New Orleans
6363 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans
When: Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008; 6 pm - 8 pm; Loyola University (Roussell Hall, Music Bldg.)
Friday, Feb. 22, 2008; 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; St. Claude, Gentilly, & Freret (see agenda)
Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008; 8:30 am - 4 pm; Loyola University (Miller Hall, Rm. 114)
How: An innovate workshop, networking and strategic planning session that pulls together local businesses and those advocating on their behalf. The agenda includes practical ideas, tools and interactive sessions designed to “empower small business owners to create their own sustainability.”
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