Fwd: It's Your Business! SBA Newsletter | August 26, 2014

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Subject: It's Your Business! SBA Newsletter | August 26, 2014
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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. August 26, 2014 It's Your Business! U.S. Small Business Administration, Massachusetts District Office REGISTER Now for the Build Northeast Conference in Worcester September 7-9! The Build Northeast conference and expo is about cultivating the economic vitality of our region- together. Our message is simple… Collaborate to Compete This is a conference and expo designed to educate attendees on today's tools needed to create successful economic development projects. Seminars will focus on transitions in economic development, leveraging grant opportunities, and financial opportunities through the SBA. Build Northeast is expected to attract 500 professionals from federal, state, regional, and local governments as well as chambers of commerce, banks, venture capitalists, professional service firms, construction companies, architects, and more from all over the Northeast. You'll leave the conference knowing that it's the most important economic development event you'll attend this year.   To learn more or to register, please click here. SCORE Business Tips for Success Everyone needs and deserves a summer vacation, but if your work IN your business slows during the summer months then this is also the perfect opportunity for you to work ON plans to grow your business. We suggest you make list of everything you need to accomplish from now until the end of this year. Put the list on paper and prioritize each task. Then develop a plan listing specific actions you are going to take to accomplish these tasks with dates you need to have these completed. Come in and discuss your list with one of our SCORE counselors at 10 Causeway Street, O'Neill Building next to No. Station. Our counselors can mentor you face to face, by phone, Email or Skype. Our services are FREE and helping you to succeed is our passion. Schedule a FREE one hour session with one of our 47 experienced Counselors at www.boston.score.org or Phone 617-565-5591. SCORE's nationwide mission is to help build and grow small businesses, one at a time. Attention Holyoke! SBA's Deadline is Sept. 12 for Disaster Loan Applications The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations in Massachusetts of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damages caused by a major fire that caused extensive damage in the City of Holyoke on June 16, 2014.  The deadline to apply for a physical damage disaster loan is Sept. 12, 2014. Low-interest disaster loans are available in Hampden County and the adjacent counties of Berkshire, Hampshire and Worcester in Massachusetts; and Hartford, Litchfield and Tolland in Connecticut. Loans up to $200,000 are available to homeowners to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate.  Homeowners and renters are eligible for loans up to $40,000 to repair or replace damaged or destroyed personal property. Businesses and non-profit organizations of any size may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory, and other business assets. Interest rates are as low as 2.188 percent for homeowners and renters, 2.625 percent for non-profit organizations and 4 percent for businesses with terms up to 30 years.  The SBA sets the loan amounts and terms based on each applicant's financial condition. Applicants may apply online using the Electronic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA's secure website at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela. Disaster loan information and application forms may also be obtained by calling the SBA's Customer Service Center at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or by sending an email to disastercustomerservice@sba.gov.  Loan applications can be downloaded from www.sba.gov/disaster.  Completed applications should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. For more information about the SBA's Disaster Loan Program, visit our website at www.sba.gov/disaster Connect with us for news and resources UPCOMING EVENTS For SBA events in Massachusetts, click on the calendar! LEARNING Recent SBA Lending Activity District Office 10 Causeway Street Room 265 Boston, MA 02222 Phone: 617-565-5590 http://www.sba.gov/ma Office Directory Bob Nelson, District Director  Phone: 617-565-5561 Email: robert.nelson@sba.gov Anne Hunt, Deputy District Director Phone: 617-565-5577 Email: anne.hunt@sba.gov Oreste Varela, Branch Manager Phone: (413) 785-0484 Email: oreste.varela@sba.gov David Polatin, Lead Business Development Specialist  Phone: 617-565-5562 Email: david.polatin@sba.gov Raymond Milano, Lead Economic Development Specialist  Phone: 617-565-7256 Email: raymond.milano@sba.gov Darrell Dante, Lender Relations Specialist Phone: 617-565-5169 Email: darrell.dante@sba.gov     Carlos Hernandez, Lender Relations Specialist  Phone: 617-565-5565 Email: carlos.hernandez1@sba.gov Donna O'Connor, Economic Development Specialist Phone: 617-565-5607 Email: donna.oconnor@sba.gov    Theresa Mooers, Business Opportunity Specialist/8(a)  Phone: 617-565-5604 Email: theresa.mooers@sba.gov Pauline Swanson, Business Opportunity Specialist/8(a)  Phone: 617-565-5564 Email: pauline.swanson@sba.gov Lisa Welch, Economic Development Specialist  Phone: 617-565-5588 Email: lisa.welch@sba.gov Matthew Sisk, Economic Development Specialist  Phone: 617-565-5569 Email: matthew.sisk@sba.gov Norman Eng, Economic Development Specialist Phone: 617-565-8510 Email: norman.eng@sba.gov Mary Russell, District Counsel Phone: 617-565-8411 Email: mary.russell@sba.gov Valerie Reece, Staff Attorney Phone: 617-565-5625 Email: valerie.reece@sba.gov Malise Sundstrom, Public Affairs Specialist Phone: 617-565-8417 Email: malise.sundstrom@sba.gov     SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Your Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Help STAY CONNECTED: All SBA programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis | Reasonable accommodations will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance  This email was sent to iammejtm@gmail.com by Small Business Administration (SBA) · 409 3rd St, SW · Washington DC 20416 · 1-800-827-5722

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