WHAT: Linda McMahon, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration and voice of small businesses on President Trump’s Cabinet, will visit with small businesses, lenders and economic development champions throughout Milwaukee. This trip is part of her nationwide SBA Ignite Tour focused on listening to business owners; educating about SBA’s services for access to capital, mentoring and federal contracting; advocating for entrepreneurs and driving economic growth with small businesses.
WHEN: Thursday, July 27, 2017, approximate times
WHERE: 8:30 am Tour and visit with SBA-assisted Scathain at 422 S 4th Street (open media)
10:00 am Roundtable meeting with small business manufacturers at Wisconsin Women’s Business
Initiative Corporation (closed media)
12:30 pm Tour and SBA resource partner meeting at SBA-assisted Merriment Social (closed media)
1:45 pm Walker’s Point small business tour, including visits with/stops at (open media):
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Purple Door Ice Cream, 205 S 2nd St
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Indulgence Chocolatiers, 211 S 2nd St
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Float Milwaukee, 211 W Freshwater Way
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Foamation, 1120 S Barclay St
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MobCraft, 505 S 5th St
WHO: SBA Administrator Linda McMahon
Local small business owners and champions
WHY: Linda McMahon serves as the 25th administrator of the SBA and advocates on behalf of the 29 million small businesses in America. Small business owners take a risk on an idea, invest in their communities, and create jobs. Their skills and creativity not only support their own families, they make neighborhoods vibrant places to live and work and fuel the state’s, and nation’s, economic strength. Small businesses are the engine of America’s economy and in Wisconsin, 99.4 percent of the businesses are small and employ more than 50 percent of Wisconsin’s workforce, or 1.2 million people. Follow Administrator McMahon’s tour across the nation via social media with #SBAIgniteTour.
RSVP: Andrea Roebker at andrea.roebker@sba.gov
or 312-353-7327 Shirah Apple at rachel.apple@sba.gov or 414-297-1096
About the Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 and since January 13, 2012 has served as a Cabinet-level agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation. The SBA helps Americans start, build and grow businesses. Through an extensive network of field offices and partnerships with public and private organizations, the SBA delivers its services to people throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. To learn more about SBA, visit http://www.sba.gov.