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BATON ROUGE, LA – The Southern
University Agricultural Research and Extension Center will hold its 10th
annual “Connecting Businesses with Contracts” Procurement Conference on
Wednesday, April 16. The event will kick-off with registration at 7:30 a.m. in
the Smith-Brown Memorial Union on the Southern University Baton Rouge campus,
500 Jesse N. Stone Avenue.
The goal of the conference is to
stimulate the economy by aligning existing and potential business owners, small
contractors, non-profit organizations, and others with contracting officers,
and purchasing agents, as well as providing an outlet to network and exchange
information and ideas.
This year, Lydia Jackson, Capital
One Bank Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Business Development Officer, will
serve as the keynote speaker.
Jackson has over 25 years of
experience in public policy, community advocacy and planning. As the CRA
Business Development Officer, Jackson is responsible for initiating
partnerships with community-based organizations, government agencies and other
groups to facilitate opportunities for the expansion of bank products and
services and the production and rehabilitation of affordable housing.
In November of 1999, Lydia became
the first African-American woman elected to represent House District Two. Lydia
was also elected to the State House of Representatives and Louisiana Senate
District 39.
Jackson was an active member of
the Senate, presenting bills to spur economic development and initiate tax
credits for residents. In the 2007 legislative session, Jackson authored a bill
to create the first refundable Earned Income Tax Credit in the South.
The Procurement Conference is
being hosted by the Center for Rural and Small Business Development at the
Southern University Ag Center, the U.S. Small Business Administration,
Louisiana Small Business Development Center of Baton Rouge, Louisiana Economic
Development and the Louisiana Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC).
The conference is free and open to the public, but
registration is required. Participant registration forms can be faxed to (337)
482-5837 or e-mail prs6182@louisiana.edu by April 11 to pre-register. Onsite
registration will also be available. Federal, State, Local Government Agencies
and major prime contractors are welcome to serve as exhibitors for the event.
Potential exhibitors are urged to submit an exhibitor registration form by
April 9 to jo.lawrence3@sba.gov or fax to (504) 589-2339.
For more
information, contact Gloria London, Director, Center for Rural and Small
Business Development, or Eual Hall, Business Development Specialist, at (225)
771-4107 or 4105.
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Contact:
Bridget Udoh
(225) 771-5714
Writer: LaKeeshia Giddens
(225) 771-2160
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