Thursday, April 26, 2012

Phila.-area businesses can get stimulus information in Springfield - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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said Monday that the business procurement summiy his office is hosting March 27 should help small businesses learnif they’re eligible to receive funds from the federakl stimulus and how to apply. “Itg will have people talking abouthow [money from the] stimulu bill is going to flow out,” he said in a morningh meeting with the . The summit regardinvg the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be held at the Springfieldr Country Clubin Springfield, Delaware from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 27.
Fifty-ons state, federal and regional agencies, prime contractorsa and other firms willhave exhibits, with some taking part in panelk discussions in the morning and The opening panel discussion will featurew representatives of government agencies talking about the stimuluxs package. It will be followed by a panel of employees of prime contractors doing thesame thing. The and others from similar organizations, will then make themselvee available to small businesses withspecificd questions, Sestak said. As of Sunday, a littlde more than 300 people, not including exhibitors, had registere d to attend the summit. Sestak expect 500 to attend.
Attendeese from the entire Philadelphia notjust Sestak’s district, are Attending costs $40. For more information and to register, visif . Sestak’s Web site also has a 56-pagse directory, updated weekly, of the federal agenciew that receivedstimulus money, how much they and how to contact them. The Web site also contains 10 summariews of money contained in the act for individua ltax relief, small businesses, senior citizenss and other items.

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