Last month, SBA offices nationwide celebrated the 2009 Small Business Week. In Nevada, the local small businesses and lenders who were selected for awards and recognition were honored at a luncheon on May 7 at the Orleans, sponsored by In Business Las Vegas.
Small Business Week celebrates the thousands of businesses that are such an integral part of our economic profile, in addition to the many and varied supporters of this community. In Nevada alone 45% of the private workforce is employed by small businesses.
TMC Development (also known as Mortgage Capital Development Corp.) was proud to have been awarded “Most Loans and Highest Dollar Volume by a Certified Development Company – Gold Level – 2008”. TMC’s local SBA experts Ann Santiago and Cindy Santilena have made a big impact in the Las Vegas small business community with their contributions in SBA financing.
Pictured: John Scott – SBA District Director, Ann Santiago – TMC, Cindy Santilena – TMC, Ed Brown – SBA Chief of Finance.
The prestigious Small Business Person of the Year award was given to Evergreen Recycling CEO Rob Dorinson. Other awards included: Small Business Exporter of the Year, John Holliday of Aloha Medicinals; Microenterprise Person of the Year, Lisa McQuerrey of Professional Writing Services; Financial Services Champion of the Year for Nevada and Region 9, Mary Kerner of Rural Nevada Development Corp.; Home Based Business Champion of the Year, Shawn D. Lane of Cheyenne Marketing; Minority Small Business Champion of the Year, Janis Stevenson of Nevada Small Business Development Center; and Women in Business Champion of the Year, former Miss Nevada Carrie Henderson of the BEST Agency.
For more information on the SBA Awards or on small business aid programs, log on to www.sba.gov. To learn more about TMC Development please call 888.989.8855 or visit www.tmcd.com.