SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26th

Central Arizona College — San Tan Center

2474 East Hunt Highway, Suite 100, Queen Creek AZ  85243

(Located in Copper Basin Shops)

8:30 AM — 11:00 AM

SCHEDULE:

8:30 am — 9:00 am     “Registration & Refreshments”

9:00 am — 9:20 am     “Welcome & General Remarks”

9:20 am — 9:30 am     Move to Breakouts (Get a cup of coffee, donut, etc. on the way)

Pick 1 of 3:

TRACK A:                    THE ARC LOAN PROGRAM

9:30 am — 11:00 am     “Preparing an ARC Loan Application”

Step-by-step-learning process on how to prepare an ARC loan

application for consideration by an SBA participating lender.

(Speaker:  Bruce Hodgman, Deputy Director US SBA)

TRACK B:                    FUNDING A SMALL BUSINESS

9:30 am — 10:15 am     “Accessing Capital in a Tight Credit Market”

10:15 am — 11:00 am   “Funding a Start-Up in a Down Economy”

(Speaker:  Cathy Lease, Lender Relations Specialist, US SBA)

TRACK C:                    BUSINESS PLAN

9:30 am — 11:00 am     “Preparing a Business Plan for an SBA Lender”  Step-by-step

instructions on how to prepare a Business Plan designed to submit

with an SBA loan request.

(Speaker:  Jack Malpass and Dan Shaffer, CAC SBDC Counselors)

To register for this event please contact Lorrie Pena with the Central Arizona College SBDC at 520-494-6610 or send and email to sbdc@centralaz.edu

(Seating is limited.  Please RSVP immediately.)

All SBA programs and services are provided to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.  The Central Arizona College Small Business Development Center provides management consulting without charge to Pinal County businesses.  Central Arizona College and the US Small Business Administration jointly fund this center.