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Baton Rouge, La. – The
Center for Rural and Small Business Development at the Southern University
Agricultural Research and Extension Center will hold the annual Procurement Opportunities Conference on
April 9, 2015 to connect businesses with contracts. Louisiana Small Business Development Centers in Baton Rouge and
Lafayette, U. S. Small Business Administration, Louisiana State Licensing Board
for Contractors, Louisiana Procurement Technical Assistance Center, the
Southern University College of Business, and many more partners will
collaborate on this event which starts promptly at 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. The
event will take place in the Southern University A & M College’s Smith-Brown
Memorial Student Union Cotillion Ballroom.
The goal of the Center and its partners is to assist rural
communities, create and develop matchmaking outcomes, encourage and enhance
serious networking possibilities, educate and strengthen community leaders and
residents in their business and economic development activities that will
benefit individuals, households, contractors, and communities for generations.
Attendees will include 200-300 individuals, potential and
existing business owners, contractors, non-profits, small towns,
municipalities, and others who will receive information from presenters and
exhibitors concerning businesses and contracts, sources of assistance, the
process of registering and obtaining licensing, and methods of financing. There
will be representatives from the United States Small Business Administration
available to discuss relevant SBA programs, guarantees, certification process,
bonds and surety, GO Loans, and disaster loans.
Should individuals want to become licensed or an existing contractor
needs to increase their existing knowledge, the Louisiana State Contractor
Licensing Department will be available.
This conference is power packed to the economic, business, and community
growth.
The conference is
free, but pre-registration is required. Participant registration forms can be
faxed to (337) 482-5837 or e-mail prs6182@louisiana.edu by April 1 to
pre-register.
Click here to download Registration
Forms in PDF format.
Some Exhibitors
Include:
USACE, New
Orleans; U.S. Department of Navy;
Entergy; USDA; Weeks Marine; Textron; Dyn McDermott; Department of Energy;
SPAWAR; USDA NRCS; Southern University Purchasing; Capital One; LED; LA
Secretary of State; GSA; Cajun Constructors; FDIC; TruFund; LA-PTAC; LSBDC;
Manson Construction Company; EBR Fair Share; EBR Purchasing; Perez; WSI Expert
Solutions; Barksdale AFB; Department of Army – Fort Polk; Chevron; Veterans
Administration; Marine Corps Reserve;
Minerals Management; USACE-ERDC Vicksburg; NASA, Stennis; Gibbs
Construction; Mike Hooks; Core Construction; Hunt-Gibbs-Boh-Metro Joint
Venture, and more…
For more
information, contact Gloria London at (225) 771-4107, e-mail gloria_london@suagcenter.com; or Eual Hall at (225) 771-4105,
e-mail eual_hall@suagcenter.com
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