With Special Guests: Congressman David Scott, Ambassador Andrew Young, WSB's Monica Pearson, Morehouse President Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. , Ed Baker, Executive in Residence, Georgia State University's and Lara O'Connor Hodgson of NOWaccount
ATLANTA, Feb. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Cassius F. Butts, Regional Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will present the 2016 SBA State of the Region Address at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center located at Morehouse College. The Address will also be livestreamed: http://bit.ly/1RIWjLO.
Administrator Butts will highlight the record-breaking accomplishments for small business and the SBA for this past year; including the $5.5 billion in SBA-backed lending we witnessed in the Southeast Region alone. The address will present successes and new data from Region IV of the SBA: Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
"Morehouse is delighted to have one of its very own, Cassius F. Butts, return home to deliver the SBA State of the Region Address. Since his appointment by President Barack Obama, Cassius has led multiple record breaking years for SBA lending in Region IV," said Morehouse President Dr. John Silvanus Wilson.
A dialogue Ensuring Entrepreneurship in the New Economy will follow the Address. Award-winning Journalist Monica Pearson will moderate a conversation featuring Ambassador Andrew Young, Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr., President of Morehouse College, Ed Baker, Executive in Residence, Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business, and Lara O'Connor Hodgson, Founder, President & CEO, NOWaccount.
| WHO: |
Cassius F. Butts, Regional Administrator |
| U.S. Small Business Administration |
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| WHEN: |
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 |
| 9:00 to 11:00 am |
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| (one on one media availability at 8:50 am and 11:00 am) |
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| WHERE: |
Morehouse College |
| Ray Charles Performing Arts Center |
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| 900 West End Ave SW |
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| Atlanta, GA 30310 |
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| WHAT: |
Interested media for pre-event and on-site interviews, please coordinate with [email protected]. Credentials for Press on the Morehouse Campus are administered through [email protected]. |
Release Number: MA 16-8
Contact: Lola Kress (404) 331-2798
Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov
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SOURCE U.S. Small Business Administration
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