Kerry Business Expo in Mass

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Agenda
First Annual Massachusetts Procurement Fair and Business Expo

Sal’s Riverwalk, Lawrence, MA
May 22, 2006

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Event Details:

8:00 am Exhibitor setup

10:00 am Remarks from Senator John Kerry

11:00 am – 12:00 noon Ready, Set, Grow – This is an SBA/GSA overview. General information will be provided on SBA loan and technical assistance programs.

12 noon to 1 pm Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Loan Opportunities at Area Banks

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Government Contracting and Surety Bonds

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Minority and Women Owned Businesses/SBA Contract Certification Programs

http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/corner/procurement52206_agenda.html

Participants
You are cordially invited to Senator John F. Kerry’s
First Annual Massachusetts Procurement and Business Expo

Co-hosted by the Merrimack Chamber of Commerce

May 22, 2006
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

At Sal’s Riverwalk
354 Merrimack Street Lawrence, MA

Small businesses are essential to Massachusetts’ economy. They provide some $30 billion in annual state revenues and approximately 1.5 million people. As the ranking minority member on the US Senate Small Business Committee, my goal is to leverage all the resources available to our economy so we can maximize our state’s unique role in both the national and global economy. It is for this reason that I hope you will share this invite with your local business community so that they may come and benefit from the contracting and procurement opportunities available that day.

The exhibitors will include small business and contracting officials from federal, state, and local government procurement offices, as well as a large variety of hospitals, colleges and universities, prime contractors and independent franchisers. Several banks and other lending institutions will be available to discuss loans and financial structuring.

If you are interested in attending as an exhibitor, please click here for more information or contact Setti Warren at [phone].

To attend as a participant, please fill out the registration form below, or fax to Setti Warren at [phone].

PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION FORM PLEASE RESPOND ASAP Senator John F. Kerry’s First Annual Massachusetts Procurement and Business Expo May 22, 2006, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sal’s Riverwalk 354 Merrimack Street Lawrence, MA.

Please fill out this form or to fax click here.
Fax number: [phone].

This event is FREE OF CHARGE.

http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/corner/procurement52206_participant.html

[rox63]

1. Hmm, this one's happening on my birthday

But I wonder if you have to be a business owner to attend?

[ProSense]

2. Don't know, but

I suspect aspiring business owners can attend.

[TayTay]

3. Cool! And holding it in LAwrence is very nice.

Lawrence can use the help. That city has been in trouble for a while. It is a great idea to have an expo and show off some of the businesses in the Merrimac Valley. Excellent work!

Nice!

[rox63]

4. Lots of cheap industrial and office space in Lawrence

With all the old mill buildings. And the city certainly could use a boost.

[TayTay]

5. I agree. This is a wonderful idea

It offers a nice seminar where Small Business people can meet, it advertises the Senator expertise with SBA issues and it will be good for Lawrence Mass, a community that needs a boost. A real nice idea all around.