[Hidden-tech] Mass Gov Small Business programs that might be helpful

[Alisa Brewer]

I'd appreciate any thoughts you have on Valley CDC's situation.

Take care,
Alisa
who now happens to be on the Amherst Select Board, which received the  
email pasted below today; please also see recent Gazette articles at  
(if the links break, they are all from a simply  
DailyHampshireGazette.com Search on "CDC"):

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>> From: "Select Board" <SelectBoard at amherstma.gov>
>> Date: August 22, 2007 10:30:25 AM EDT
>> To: "Awad, Anne" <aawad at verizon.net>, "Weiss, Gerald"
>> <WeissG at amherstma.gov>, "Kusner, Rob" <robkusner at gmail.com>,
>> "Greeney, Hwei-Ling" <greeneyh at juno.com>, "Brewer, Alisa"
>> <avbrewer at comcast.net>, "Shaffer, Larry" <ShafferL at amherstma.gov>
>> Subject: FW: Oct 1: Valley CDC to close Small Business Dev't
>> Office . . .
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>> From: Gene R. Talsky & Valley CDC Economic Dev't. Committee
>> [SMTP:GRT at VALLEYCDC.COM]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:30:40 AM
>> To: Select Board
>> Subject: Oct 1: Valley CDC to close Small Business Dev't Office . . .
>> Auto forwarded by a Rule
>>
>>
>> Valley Community Development Corporation
>> Small Business Development
>>
>> August 22, 2007
>>   . . . unless you can help.
>> Hundreds of small business people in your community are turning
>> their dreams into reality with assistance from Valley Community
>> Development Corporation.   We're proud to be part of their
>> success.  And now these businesses need your help!
>>
>> Valley CDC's Small Business Development program is facing an
>> immediate funding gap.  We urgently need your donationto keep
>> providing the critical counseling and technical assistance services
>> upon which small businesses depend.  Limited state and foundation
>> funding is anticipated in the coming months, but without your
>> assistance we may have to temporarily shut down our Small Business
>> Development program October 1.
>>
>> Shutting down now would be a significant loss, as we recently
>> received a $57,000 award of computers and software to expand our
>> educational courses.  More than 200 people attended our June 2007
>> workshops.  Technical training continues to be one of the most
>> frequently requested services and we are now equipped to offer
>> extensive computer training throughout our region - if we can keep
>> our doors open.
>>
>>  If you shop or eat out downtown, if you use local services, or if
>> you have a personal or business interest in maintaining our area's
>> vibrant, attractive, and dynamic business economy - then please
>> consider joining us in support of this work.
>>
>> Your donation of a $100 or more (though any amount will be
>> appreciated) will help ensure that Valley will not be forced to
>> turn away small business owners and budding entrepreneurs who
>> contact us each and every week for critical assistance.
>>
>> Click here now to make an online donation or send a check!
>>
>> We invite you to learn more about Valley CDC and read recent news
>> and announcements about our Small Business Development program.
>> Please visit us at ValleyCDC.com/news_archives
>>
>> We thank you for your donation!  Please forward this email to
>> anyone you know who wants to maintain the quality of life in our
>> community.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Gene R.Talsky, Director Small Business Development
>> & the Valley CDC Economic Development Committee
>>
>> ValleyCDC.com
>>
>>
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On Apr 18, 2007, at 3:59 PM, Seth Isman wrote:

>    ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee.
>    ** You too can help the group
>    ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
> The Technical Assistance Program is alive and well, and available  
> through your local Community Development Corporation.  Based on  
> your location, you can call either Franklin County CDC at  
> 413-774-7204, Valley CDC at 413-529-0420, Quaboag Valley CDC at  
> 413-967-3001, or call me at Hilltown CDC at 413-296-4536 ext 12.   
> Business assistance is available, as well as opportunities to  
> consult for or design websites for other businesses.  See sample  
> RFP at www.hilltowncdc.org which is not limited to consultants  
> located in the hilltowns.  Please note that most of these funds are  
> supposed to be spent before July 30. Seth Isman, Hilltown CDC  
> Economic Development Director.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rich
> To: HT-discuss
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 1:45 PM
> Subject: [Hidden-tech] Mass Gov Small Business programs that might  
> be helpful
>
>    ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee.
>    ** You too can help the group
>    ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>    ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
>
>
> I have seen a number of business development news stories from the  
> state about
> development efforts to grow jobs in the Mass
> and most are the usual 'Get big company to moving into the state',  
> so I went looking
> to see what was being done to help our kind of business and  
> actually found these:
>
> Massachusetts Banking Partners Small Business Loan Program Launched
> http://www.mass.gov/? 
> pageID=pressreleases&agId=Eoed&prModName=econpressrelease&prFile=econ_ 
> pr_smallbizloan.xml
>
> SMALL BUSINESS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM LAUNCHED
> http://www.mass.gov/? 
> pageID=pressreleases&agId=Eoed&prModName=econpressrelease&prFile=econ_ 
> pr_smallbiz_tagrant.xml
>
> Note: this statistic in the top one:
> Businesses with 20 or fewer employees represent 87 percent of  
> Massachusetts businesses and employ more than 1 million people in  
> the Bay State.
>
> Also, note that these are from 2006 - so it remains to be seen if  
> they are still functioning.
>
> I'd be interested to see if anyone has made use of these programs,  
> or tried and their results.
>
> -- Rich Roth CEO On-the-net Bringing you complex online systems  
> since the net was young http://www.tnrglobal.com - http://www.on- 
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Alisa V. Brewer <avbrewer at comcast.net>