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Conventional Loan Assistance to New
and Existing Businesses.

LOANS

BVSBCD Provides Low-Cost Business
Seminars & Workshops to New and
Existing Businesses.

WORKSHOPS

BVSBCD Provides Low-Cost Business
Seminars & Workshops to New and
Existing Businesses.

 

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS


The best time to prepare for a disaster is before it ever happens. Every area of the country is subject to some kind of disaster; whether it is a natural disaster or a man made disaster. A small investment of time and money on your part may prevent severe damage and disruption of life and business in the future. The following websites are chock-full of information to assist you in your preparation. However, if a disaster does occur, the Small Business Development Center and the Small Business Administration stand ready to assist you in getting your company back into business as soon as possible.

Institute for Business and Home Safety Has Free Small Business Toolkit on Disaster Preparedness

The 2008 Hurricane Season is here. Many small businesses are interested in disaster preparedness. 

The Institute for Business and Home Safety has a Small Business Toolkit on disaster preparedness.  The Toolkit is available to individual businesses free on request. To download the 47 page toolkit in PDF form, Click Here:

http://www.ibhs.org/docs/OpenForBusiness.pdf

This document may take several minutes to download depending on your connection speed.

 

Recently Enacted Farm Bill Includes Key Improvements in SBA's Federal Disaster Assistance Programs  The House and Senate on May 21 and 22, respectively, voted to override President Bush's veto of the massive 700-page Farm Bill. Title XII of the Farm Bill contains key improvements in SBA's Federal Disaster Assistance Programs. To access a summary released by the Senate Small Business Committee of some of the key provisions of Title XII of the Farm Bill, Click Here for additional information: