Event Title:

Accessing Capital for Minority Businesses In Troubled Economic Times

Event Date/Time:

Start: 8/11/2009 8:30:00 AM
End: 8/11/2009 11:30:00 AM

Speaker:

Panel

Location:

Wayne County Community College,Northwestern Campus

Pricing:

	Before 7-Aug-09
Individual:	$0.00

Event Deadline:

08/07/2009 17:00

Event Notes:

Topics of Discussion:

· Accessing capital for minority businesses under Federal government programs

· Community lending bank financing options

· Alternative lending sources during these difficult economic times in Michigan

Event Comments:

Please join the Michigan Minority Business Enterprise Center (MBEC), which is funded by the Minority Business Development Agency under the Department of Commerce at the:

The Access to Capital Forum for Minority Business Enterprises

Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 8:30 – 11:30 A.M.

Northwestern Campus

Wayne County Community College,

8200 Outer Drive - Laboratory Science Building (LSB) Room L17.

Detroit, MI. 48219

Both Federal and private lending experts will be discussing current financing options available under the Federal Recovery Act, as well as alternative financing programs that meet the needs of small businesses.

Speaker Information:

Allen Cook	Assistant District Director for SBA
Leonard E. McIntee	Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A,
Vanessa Rucker	Director- Detroit Small Business Microloan Program
Anntreal Hemmingway-Smith	Vice President, Crestmark Bank
Erin Grant	Sr. Loan Officer, Detroit Community Loan Fund Shore Bank
Ronald C. Frederick	Project Director, Michigan Minority Business Enterprise Center

Contact Name:

Flora Hill

Contact Phone:

(313) 262-7572

Contact Fax:

Contact Email:

flora@mmbdc.com