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Received today from Kelly LoTempio of the SBA:
Western New York has received federal economic stimulus funds during the past year, but what has been the impact of those funds on the area’s economy?
Join Business First, The Bonadio Group and KeyBank for this insightful Power Breakfast as we examine the effects of the economic stimulus on the local business community. Hear from those directly involved in analyzing its course and how to better position your business throughout this economic journey.
Learn about the Recovery Act and SBA opportunities for small business from SBA District Director, Franklin Sciortino who will discuss how SBA’s programs have helped the economic recovery. SBA staff will be present to answer small business recovery questions.
The panel of experts will first answer questions posed by Business First
journalists.
This will be followed by questions submitted by the Power Breakfast audience.
Panelists for this discussion include:
- Kenneth Adams, President/CEO – The Business Council of New York State
- Tom Ulrich, Executive Director – Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership
- Colleen DiPirro, President/CEO – Amherst Chamber of Commerce
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010
Time: 7:30 am – 9:30 am
Where: Salvatore’s Italian Gardens
6461 Transit Rd.
Depew, NY 14043
To register online, visit:
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/calendar/?op=event_details&listing_id=66811
By phone: (716) 541-1600
Received today from the Niagara County Community College Small Business Development Center:
The Small Business Administration has received $125 million to continue enhancements to its two largest loan programs through Feb. 28. 
As part of stimulus package, the SBA got $730 million, which included $375 million to increase the SBA guarantee on so-called 7(a) loans to 90 percent and to waive borrower fees on most 7(a) and 504 loans. The funds for these programs ran out on Nov. 23.
Continuing the enhancements, originally made under the federal stimulus package, will support $4.5 billion in small business lending, the federal agency said. The money was included in last week’s Defense Department appropriations bill signed into law by President Obama on Dec. 19. Full press release
One of the things I’ve always felt Innovations Rochester needs is a good calendar of events. I’m not quite there, but I’ve managed to locate and install the Events Manager plugin for WordPress that provide a reasonable infrastructure for this. I don’t have the calendar portion working quite right (there seems to be an incompatibility with the latest release of WordPress) but it’s pretty good otherwise.
Go check out the Events Page and let me know what you think!
P.S. You can find the link at the very top of every page.
This was received today from the RPCN Interest Yahoo Group.
RPCN Technical Forum
Friday January 8, 2010
8:00 am – 9:30 am
Location: Pittsford Library
Street: 24 State Street
City State Zip: Pittsford, NY
Phone: 244-1060
Notes:
Bring any questions you may have about the technology involved in running a consulting business.
There is a Bruegger’s Bagels adjacent to the meeting room for coffee and breakfast.
Please arrive by 7:45 for networking. The meeting will start at 8:00 SHARP!
For more information about RPCN, see: www.rochesterconsultants.org
This was received today from the SBDC via Mark Gydesen.
The SUNY College at Brockport Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Business & Social Sciences Division of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County are sponsoring a free program on Wednesday morning, January 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch & Lomb Public Library Building located at 115 South Avenue, Rochester.
Jim Soufleris, Certified Business Advisor, and local experts will present “Small Business Financing in Turbulent Times.” The program will cover government guaranteed loan programs and bank financing options that are available for the small business owner and start-ups. Topics will include credit requirements, the loan underwriting process, general loan procedures, and components of a successful business plan—all important aspects of securing a loan in a stormy economic climate.
Pre-registration for this free program is requested. Register by calling the Central Library at 585-428-8130 or register online at www.libraryweb.org. Click on Library Events.
The Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County is handicapped accessible. Accommodations may be provided for disabled program participants and must be made at least 10 business days before the program. For further information or to make a request please contact Deborah Nevin, Program Coordinator, at 428-8304.
This received from Kelly LoTempio of the SBA:
Happy New Year!
Start your 2010 off on the right foot with Open Networking being held tomorrow, Wednesday, January 6 from 8:15 to 9:30am. at the Canisius College Women’s Business Center, 2365 Main Street, Buffalo. We are located at the corner or Leroy and Main. For directions click http://www.canisius.edu/wbc/maps.asp.
This is open to all area business owners. Practice your networking skills, exchange leads and cultivate new business relationships.
As you build your 2010 calendar, consider adding the following events:
- Education Classes: Consumer Behavior, The Apprentice and Doing Business in Canada begin the week of January 18th.
- Straight Talk – SBA’s Small Business Workshop, Saturday, January 23 from 8:00am – 1:00pm at the Buffalo Convention Center
- Sister Mixer – February 3rd, from 8-10am at the Botanical Gardens
- WMBE Certification Webinars – February 11 & 25 from 9-10am
- Canisius International Fest – Friday, February 26th 5:00pm
- Extreme Makeover: Marketing Edition, Thursdays, March 4, 11, 18 & 25 from 5:30 – 8:30pm
- Speed Networking – Wednesday, March 24th from 3-5pm
- Extreme Makeover: Web Edition – April / May
For more information go to our website at www.canisius.edu/wbc or call our office at 888-8280.
Welcome to the new Innovations Rochester blog! This site has been languishing for the last several years, so I decided it was time to either give it a serious makeover or dump it. (You can tell which option I chose!)
My vision for this incarnation of the Innovations Rochester blog is a place for local small businesses to discuss what’s happening to and around them. For example, I am the owner of Urban Village Scooters so you’ll see posts about my shop and the Rochester scooter scene here.
If you have a small business located in or around Rochester, NY you’re welcome to post your information, too. Simply contact me and I’ll set things up so you can post your articles and announcements here.
Here’s hoping the Innovations Rochester blog takes off, and we all have a happy and successful new year!
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