This isn’t like the competition we see on today’s popular entertainment television shows. No, it’s far more serious competition and recognition of small businesses that create jobs, produce revenue, lift local economies, support the local infrastructure and give back charitably to the communities where they live and work. It’s about the business of America.
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Tuesday the SBA Veteran Pledge Initiative, a commitment by its top national, regional and community lenders to collectively increase their lending activity to veterans by 5 percent per year for the next five years.
The Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration honored José A. Irizarry, president of Centro Gomas del Oeste, with the 2013 Puerto Rico Small Business Person of the Year Award, during the closing ceremonies of Small Business Week on the island late last week.
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