August 8, 2013
Bistro Rialto
Alamosa, CO
9:00-12:00 a.m.
Free
Please RSVP at:
Or call the SBDC at 589-3682
July 25, 2013
July 17, 2013
SBA Offers Disaster Assistance
Release Date: July 16, 2013
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Media Contact: Richard Jenkins
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Release
Number: CO 13662-01
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Phone: (916) 735-1500
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SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Colorado Small
Businesses
Economically
Impacted by the West Fork Fire Complex
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Karen Mills, Administrator
of the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA), today announced that SBA is making low-interest Economic Injury Disaster Loans
available to small businesses economically impacted by the West Fork Fire
Complex that began June 5, 2013. SBA
acted under its own authority to declare a disaster in response to a request
SBA received from Gov. John W. Hickenlooper on July 10, 2013.
The declaration makes SBA
assistance available in the primary Colorado counties of Hinsdale, Mineral and Rio Grande
and the neighboring counties of Alamosa, Archuleta, Conejos, Gunnison, La
Plata, Ouray, Saguache and San Juan.
“The U. S. Small Business
Administration is strongly committed to providing the most effective and
customer-focused response possible to assist Colorado’s small businesses with
federal disaster loans. We will be swift
in our efforts to help these small businesses recover from the financial
impacts of this disaster,” said Administrator Mills.
“Beginning Tuesday, July 23, SBA customer service representatives
(CSRs) and counselors from the San Luis Valley and Western Small
Business Development Centers (SBDCs) will be on hand at the following Disaster
Loan Outreach Centers to help small businesses impacted by the West Fork Fire Complex,”
said SBA’s Colorado District Director Greg Lopez. “The centers are designed to provide key
financial and counseling services to businesses impacted by the fires,” he continued. The centers will be open on the
days and times indicated. No appointment is necessary.
RIO GRANDE COUNTY
Disaster Loan Outreach
Center
Carnegie Library,
South Fork Branch
31 Mall Street
South Fork, CO 81154
Tues., July 23 thru Fri. July 26
10:00 am to 4:30 pm
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MINERAL COUNTY
Disaster Loan Outreach
Center
Creede and Mineral
County Chamber of Commerce
904 S. Main Street
Creede, CO 81130
Mon., July 29 thru Thurs. Aug. 1
8:30 am to 4:30 pm
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HINSDALE County
Disaster Loan Outreach
Center
Lake City DIRT
231 N. Silver Street
#5
(Upstairs from the
bank)
Lake City, CO 81235
Mon., Aug. 5 & Tues., Aug 6
8:00 am to 4:30 pm
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According to Lopez, SBA CSRs will answer questions about SBA’s Economic
Injury Disaster Loan program, explain the application process, and help each
business owner complete their application.
Colorado SBDC State Director Kelly Manning said, “Our SBDC counselors will provide free counseling
on a wide variety of matters designed to help these businesses overcome the effects of the disaster and plan for their
future. Services include assessing business economic injury, evaluating the
business’s strength, cash flow projections and most importantly, reviewing all
options to ensure each business makes decisions
that are appropriate for its situation. They will
also help businesses apply for this much needed financial help.”
“Small,
nonfarm businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged
in aquaculture and most private, nonprofit organizations of any size may
qualify for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) of up to $2 million to
help meet financial obligations and operating expenses which could have been
met had the disaster not occurred,” Lopez continued.
“These loans may be used
to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable and other bills that can’t be
paid because of the disaster’s impact.
Disaster loans can provide vital economic assistance to small businesses
to help overcome the temporary loss of revenue they are experiencing,” Lopez
added.
Eligibility is based on the financial impact of
the disaster only and not on any actual property damage. These loans have an interest rate of 4 percent
for small businesses and 2.875 percent for private, nonprofit organizations
with terms up to 30 years. EIDLs are
restricted to small businesses without the financial ability to offset the
adverse impact without hardship.
Applicants may apply online using the Electronic
Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure Web site at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela.
For owners of these impacted small businesses, SBA
disaster loan information and applications are available by calling (800) 659-2955,
emailing disastercustomerservice@sba.gov,
or visiting SBA’s Web site at www.sba.gov/services/disasterassistance.
Individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing may call (800) 877-8339.
The deadline to return economic injury
applications is April 15, 2014.
SBA Field Operations Center - West, P.O. Box 419004,
Sacramento, CA 95841
July 11, 2013
Chamber Business Network Meeting
August 7, 2013
Bistro Rialto,
Alamosa, CO
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Free
Chamber Business Network Meetings are held once a month. You do not have to be a Chamber Member to attend. This is a great opportunity to network with other local businesses and promote your business.
Bring your friends!
Or call the SBDC at 589-3682
July 10, 2013
Open Skies Acupuncture is a Community Style Clinic New Business in Alamosa
It seems like one business closes and another opens quite
frequently. At 407 State Avenue in Suite
D, that is exactly what happened to allow Tanner Fritscka an opportunity to
locate his new clinic, Open Skies Acupuncture (former business was Open Skies
Yoga Studio). Tanner is professionally
educated in acupuncture and Chinese medicine but wanted to try a different
business model. He wanted to make his
practice affordable and accessible to everyone who could benefit from multiple
treatments. In working with the Small
Business Development Center (589-3682), he received assistance in setting up
and managing the bookkeeping and other logistical issues. He was provided networking and relevant
marketing ideas and assistance with finding a location. He attended the workshop “Starting Your Own
Business,” which he found helpful in guiding him on the steps necessary to get
the venture started.
Tanner
identified his own challenges in becoming a small business owner: “Being a great acupuncturist does not always
mean that a person has the personality or skills to market, network, and thrive
on the business end of the spectrum. I
had to learn how to market my services and myself. It was not an easy task,
mostly because I don’t like to be a “salesman.”
In overcoming this challenge, Tanner decided to try a different business
model that allows him to offer affordable care without being pushy. He said, “The more my clients can afford to
come back, the more they feel better.”
When speaking with the SBDC Director, Donna Wehe, Tanner described how
his atmosphere will be different from other places. Tanner explained, “I decided to streamline
and simplify a lot of things, which allowed me to lower my prices. The ability to come in for treatment as much
as a person needs to has made a huge difference in the health of my patients.
At
our clinic, people pay whatever they feel comfortable with on our scale of $15
to $45, keeping in mind that folks often need a series of frequent treatments
for acupuncture to be the most effective.
We can do this because we provide Community style acupuncture. This means that treatments are given in a
large, quiet, comfortable room; in a recliner, rather than lying on a table;
and people do not need to disrobe, they just need to roll their sleeves up to
your elbows and their pants up to your knees; people can stay as long as they
want, and there are other people getting treated at the same time in the same
way, in the same room. People love it
because it makes it easy for people to get treatments whenever they want, to be
treated with their families and friends, to feel comfortable rather than
isolated, and to create a palpable calming and healing energy that makes the
individual treatments more effective.”
The best way to find out more about the
business is the website: www.OpenSkiesAcupuncture.com,
or his Facebook page, Open Skies Acupuncture. People are always more than
welcome to call Tanner as well. His
number is 719-588-7113.
July 8, 2013
Mineral & Rio Grande Counties Business & Employees Disaster Assistance Center
Disaster Assistance Center
Creede Community Center
503 Forest Service Rd #9
Tuesday, July 9, 10 am - 4 pm.
Services/Resources will include:
Department of Labor and Employment/Workforce Center
Small Business Development Center
San Luis Valley Development Resources Group/Council of Government
San Luis Valley Mental Health & San Luis Valley Victim Resource Unit
Rio Grande/Mineral Department of Social Services
Mineral County Public Health
Department of Regulatory Agencies/Division of Insurance
Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association
Colorado State University Extension Service
Chambers of Commerce
USDA Rural Development
Colorado Rural Housing and Development Corp
Local Financial Institutions
Red Cross
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