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SBA Opens Online Portal for 2015 Awards
CLEVELAND -- The online portal of the district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration is accepting nominations for its 2015 National Small Business Week Awards, including Small-Business Person of the Year.
This is the third year the SBA is accepting nominations through its online portal.
All nominations must be submitted online, postmarked or hand-delivered to the SBA no later than 3 p.m. EST Jan. 5. Nominations can be sent directly to the district Office, 1350 Euclid Ave., Suite 211 Cleveland, Ohio 44115.
SBA Awards encompass:
- National Small Business Person of the Year, chosen from the award winners from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.
- Phoenix Awards, which recognize outstanding accomplishments during disaster recovery.
- Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year.
- Small Business Subcontractor of the Year.
- The Dwight D. Eisenhower Award for Excellence, which recognizes large prime contractors who have used small businesses as suppliers and contractors.
- SBA 8(a) Graduate of the Year, for recent graduates of the SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program).
- Exporter of the Year.
- Small Business Development Center Excellence and Innovation Award (nominations of SBA-funded SBDC Service Centers).
- Women’s Business Center of Excellence Award.
- Veterans Business Outreach Center Excellence in Service.
- Small Business Investment Company of the Year.
For more information, call Patsy Welsh at 216 522 4172. To make nominations online, visit this website.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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