Deadline Extended for 2013 Small Business Award Nominations

COLUMBIA, SC – January 9, 2013 – The U.S. Small Business Administration has extended the nomination deadline for the 2013 small business awards through Thursday, January 31. The SBA South Carolina District Office is accepting nominations for the following awards:
    •    Small Business Person of the Year,
    •    Small Business Exporter of the Year,
    •    South Carolina Young Entrepreneur of the Year,
    •    South Carolina Family Business of the Year,
    •    South Carolina Minority Small Business Advocate of the Year,
    •    South Carolina Veteran Entrepreneurship Advocate of the Year, and
    •    South Carolina Women in Business Advocate of the Year.

Submission instructions, eligibility information and evaluation criteria are available athttp://1.usa.gov/109xKh6.
 
South Carolina award winners will be notified in March and announced in early April. SBA will honor the state’s award winners at the 2013 Salute to Small Business on May 23 in Columbia. In addition, the winner of the Small Business Person of the Year award will represent South Carolina at the SBA’s 2013 Small Business Week celebration in Washington, D.C.
 
For more information, contact Anna Huntley at [email protected] or 803-253-3753.