Dear Members and Friends,
Join us this Friday for TAG's monthly luncheon and a discussion around business needs and available business assistance from some of our local and state economic development groups. If your business is looking for financing this program will provide information on opportunities that you may not already be aware of. Financing options discussed will include alternative financing, revolving loan fund, industrial revenue bonds for knowledge companies, research & technology development grants and more.
Please RSVP as soon as possible to secure a seat. More details are below.
Anna Ehnmark
September 18, Topic: 'Growing Your Business, Credit & Trade'
"I'm from the government, and I'm here to help." Ronald Reagan famously characterized that as a scary phrase, but we're seeing a new era of cooperation between public and market forces. Are you trying to grow your markets and your business as we recover and rebuild? Do you need help doing business offshore? Arranging credit? Expanding your workforce? This panel discussion on business, credit and trade-assistance programs whose job is to help Whatcom businesses.
Panel participants include:
• Nancy Jordan, Exec Director of the Northwest Economic Council
• Tom Dorr, Exec Director of the Center for Economic Vitality (formerly SBDC)
• Tim Schipke, President & CEO, Export Finance Assistance Center of Washington
• Anna Ehnmark, Exec Director of TAG.
Between them, these four touch on many of the aspects of improving business cycles. The Center for Economic Vitality provides extraordinary business counseling and research. The Export Finance Assistance Center provides consulting and counseling on risk mitigation, assessing credit worthiness of buyers, and the all-important Getting Paid. TAG, in addition to assisting local public entities with connection and understanding of local technology-enabled industries, connects the leaders and managers of those businesses to a wide range of resources. The Northwest Economic Council orchestrates the regional economic strategy and connects businesses here to resources that help them expand and prosper.
This will be a popular meeting so please register as soon as possible.We encourage you to bring your questions or better yet send them to us in advance.
Date and Time: Friday, September 18 from 12:00 - 1:15 pm. 
We encourage you to show up early (11:30AM) to network.
Location: DIS building at 1315 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA
Cost: Members $10, Non-Members $15. Lunch by Avenue Bread included.
Register online at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/81389
You can also RSVP and pay at the door.
We thank our Speaker Series Sponsor Fibercloud.
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