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The 2012 Salute to Small Business Awards

The US Small Business Administration congratulates the following recipients:

Small Business Development Center
(SBDC) of the Year
Government Contracting Small Business Development Center
Chuck Waldrop
Director
CGC SBDC, Dallas, TX
Chosen by the North Texas SBDC Network

District -
Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year
Bill and Norma Niederhofer
President and CEO
Lone Star Handicap Vans, LLC, Tyler, TX
Nominated by the Tyler SBDC

District -
Financial Services Champion of the Year
John Hart
Director
Greater East Texas Certified Development Co., Tyler, TX

District -
Woman in Business Champion of the Year
Royalyn B. Reid
President & CEO
Consumer & Market Insights, LLC, Dallas, TX

SBA Disaster Assistance

Excerpt from SBA Release Number: TX 13063-01. Release Date, April 17, 2012: "Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to Texas residents and business owners affected by the tornadoes, hail and severe weather on April 3, 2012, U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen G. Mills announced today. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster in response to a request SBA received from Gov. Rick Perry on April 13.

The disaster declaration makes SBA assistance available in the primary Texas counties of Dallas, Kaufman and Tarrant; and the neighboring counties of Collin, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, Hunt, Johnson, Parker, Rockwall, Van Zandt and Wise." The filing deadline to return applications for property damage is June 18, 2012. The deadline to return economic injury applications is January 17, 2013.

Click here to read the complete News Release TX 13063-01 (.pdf)

Click here to read the SBA DisasterAstTX 13063 (Agency) Fact Sheet (.pdf)

Click here to read the SBA DisasterAstTX 13063 (Agency) Fact Sheet en español (.pdf)

Click here to view Tutorial: Disaster Recovery: Guide to SBA’s Disaster Assistance Programs (Slide show with audio)

NTSBDC is an Accredited Member of the Association of Small Business Development Centers.

SBDCs are a program supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration and extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. SBA cannot endorse any products, opinions or services of any external parties or services. En Español.

A partnership program of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Bill J. Priest Institute of El Centro College, a division of the Dallas County Community College District.