Veteran and Community Innovators Fight Back Against Recession
SBND extends appreciation awards to veteran and community enterprises for creating jobs, tax revenues and new legal enterprises in a poor economy…
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CHICAGO, IL – On Friday, December 6, 2013, at the 2013 SBND Appreciation Awards Expo, a local community enterprise support network, SSN Small Business & Nonprofit Development Group (SBND), will publically recognize elected officials, prominent corporations and social enterprises who invest in U.S. Veteran and Community Innovations that help create jobs, tax revenues and new legal enterprises throughout Illinois, Cook County and Chicago neighborhoods impacted most by recession. The event kicks off at 9:00 AM and will be at the historic Fine Arts Building, Curtiss Hall, 410 South Michigan, Chicago, IL 60605.
Notable SBND Premier Partner and Sponsor awardees include, Mark S. Allen, Chairman, National Black Wall Street Chicago; Dr. Karin B. Baird, PhD., Acting Director, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership; Johnnie Blair, Founder, President & CEO, Bronzeville Chamber of Commerce; Naomi Davis, President, Blacks In Green; Michael House, President (Retired), Chicago Defender; Rev. Dr. L. Bernard Jakes, Senior Pastor/Teacher, West Point Missionary Baptist Church; Debbie Meyers-Martin, Program Coordinator/Community, Affairs Marketing Specialist, Office of Illinois State Treasurer; Barry Moltz, President, Shafran Moltz Group; Dante L. Mosely, V.P., Business Development Branch Manager, Hyde Park Bank; Stephanie D. Neely, Treasurer, City of Chicago; Yvonne Orr, Chief Professional Officer, South-Southwest Suburban Region United Way; Erica Sevilla, Multicultural Marketing Manager, Verizon Wireless; and Mary L. Swopes, President/CEO, Mahogany Scholarship Heritage Foundation.
During the awards expo, prominent expert panelist speakers will provide practical methodologies for growing and maintaining successful enterprises in a poor economy. For more information about the event and SBND, visit thier website at www.sbnd-bizhelp.com, email sbnd@ssncandoit.com or phone (773) 614-7619. |
SBND functions as a “self-help” business support network with a mission to provide hands-on strategic organization planning, innovation support and fund development initiatives to start and grow prosperous community enterprises in Illinois, Cook County and Chicago.
