The SBA will offer a one-hour, exciting seminar (see below for schedule and registration) designed to take the mystery out of the process of applying for federally-guaranteed small business loans. 

“Take the Mystery out of SBA Loans” will connect small business owners with financing programs to expand their operations and create jobs, and for entrepreneurs resolving to take the steps to create a new business.

The SBA provides short- and long-term guaranteed loans to eligible, credit-worthy start-ups and existing small businesses that cannot obtain financing on reasonable terms through normal lending channels. SBA provides a number of loan programs for most small business needs. 

During this seminar, a representative from the SBA will explain the importance of a strong business plan, how the SBA’s resource partners -- SCORE, the Women's Business Center and the Nebraska Business Development Center -- can help, and why lenders use SBA guaranteed loans in their financing projects.

Small businesses in Nebraska who use SBA-backed financing are helping to drive economic growth in Nebraska. In Fiscal 2012, the SBA guaranteed the second-largest dollar volume of loans to small businesses in the state’s history, $156 million. 

Take the Mystery out of SBA Loans
Coming to a Town Near You!

January 15, 10 a.m., Omaha, SBA Nebraska District Office conference room, 10675 Bedford Ave. (corner of 108th & Maple). Register by email or call (402) 221-7211.

January 16, 10 a.m., Lincoln, 285 S 68th St. Place, Room ENT 213. Register by email or call (402) 221-7211.

January 22, 11:30 a.m., Grand Island Chamber of Commerce, 309 West 2nd St.  Register by email or call the Chamber at (308) 382-9210 (Please note, there will be a $20 charge for this event for employees of a Chamber member, $25 for non-members. Lunch will be provided.)

January 23, 11:30 a.m., Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, 609 West Norfolk Ave.  Sign up email or by calling (402) 844-2264.

January 24, Noon, Columbus VFW Club, 2720 23rd St. Register by calling (402) 564-2769.  (Please note: The VFW Club will serve lunch during the event for a $6 charge.)

January 30, 9 a.m., Western Douglas County Chamber of Commerce, 20801 Elkhorn Drive, Elkhorn.  Call the Chamber at (402) 289-9560 or register by email. 

February 7, 11:30 a.m., Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, 1102 Galvin Road South (on the Bellevue University Campus).  Call (402) 221-7211 or register by email.

February 12, noon, Charles Washington Branch, Omaha Public Library, 2868 Ames Ave.  Call (402) 444-4849 or email the library to register.

March 7, noon, Kearney Chamber of Commerce, 1007 2nd Ave. Call (308) 237-4671 or email the Chamber to register. (Please note: There will be a small charge for lunch.)

NBDC Lincoln welcomes new associate director

Zack Zimmerman assumed the role of associate director for the Nebraska Business Development Center in Lincoln.  Zimmerman, with a background in lending, finance and teaching and education, will serve entrepreneurs in the area out of Southeast Community College's Entrepreneur Center, 285 South 68th St. Place, Room 209.  For more details on how NBDC can help you start and grow your small business, call 402-323-3626.

The Nebraska Economic Development Corporation, or NEDCO, has moved to a new address:  4445 South 86th St., Suite 200, Lincoln.

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