SBA Seeking Nomination for Montana's Top Small Business Owners and Advocates
| September 11, 2007 |  View for printing |
The SBA Montana District Office is seeking nominations for its 2008 Small Business Week Awards to be announced in early May 2008. Nominations are being accepted for outstanding small business owners and advocates in a variety of categories ranging from the Montana Small Business Person of the Year to the Financial Services Advocate of the Year.
This year the Montana District Office has introduced a new category, the SBA Small Business Community of the Year Award. This award will recognize the top small business minded community in Montana. For a complete list of award categories and nomination guidelines log onto http://www.sba.gov/localresources/di ... /index.html.
Any individual or organization such as professional and trade associations, business organizations, chambers of commerce, banks or employees of a small business, can submit nominations. Nominations will be evaluated on the basis of staying power, growth in number of employees, financial growth, innovation of product or service, response to adversity, small business advocacy, and community involvement.
All nominations must be mailed or delivered to the Montana SBA District Office, 10 W. 15th. St., Suite 1100, Helena, MT 59626, no later than November 23, 2007. For additional information on the Small Business Week Awards program, or to request nomination forms, please contact SBA’s Rena Carlson at 406.441.1086. 
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