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Public
Service Announcement
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Joanne Randolph
Telephone: 256-535-2038
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Office
Space and Business Assistance
for
Area Veterans
[Huntsville, AL] - The Alabama Career Center of Huntsville has partnered
with the Women's Business Center of North Alabama (WBCNA) to provide
office space to Veterans who want to start their own business.
The WBCNA provides business coaching and training through its Veteran's
Business Assistance Center (VBAC), an outreach program. Now, this new
partnership will provide Veterans with temporary office space where
they will have computers, Internet service, meeting space and other
shared office equipment to help get their business
launched.
"This is such an added benefit to our Veteran clients
who are starting their own business," says Joanne Randolph, WBCNA's President &
CEO. "Our nation's Veterans are the embodiment of
leadership, service and perseverance. It is only natural that
many of these individuals are taking steps towards becoming
entrepreneurs in their civilian life and professional careers.
And, having these facilities and shared equipment at no cost to the
Veteran is so important when they are just getting started and cash
flow is nonexistent."
To better serve the needs of the growing number of Veterans who want to
start a new business or expand an existing one in North Alabama, WBCNA
established the Veteran's Business Assistance Center (VBAC) outreach
program. The VBAC provides critical training and resources to
Veterans in our region who are starting or growing small businesses
that contribute to our community's economic growth and job
creation. The VBAC is sponsored by Redstone Federal Credit
Union.
Kathy Evans of the Alabama Career Center notes, "The
Alabama Career Center System is happy to work along with the WBCNA in
order to reach out to Veterans who have given so much for us. Our
community in the Huntsville/Madison County area has been especially
fortunate to have a large Veteran population, and we welcome Veterans
to take the opportunity provided by this partnership to consider
starting their own business."
Any Veteran interested in these resources can make contact with the
Local Veteran Employment Representative, Terris Tatum, or Randy
Hinshaw, Career Center Business Service Representative, at the
Huntsville Career Center, 2535 Sparkman Drive NW, Huntsville, Alabama
35810. Questions can be directed to 256-851-0537.
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The Women's Business Center of North Alabama (WBCNA) is a
non-profit organization
that helps women and men who want to start a new
business or grow an existing one.
We provide business coaching, training, access to
finances, connections, networking opportunities,
and much more.
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 Funded
in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business
Administration. Reasonable accommodations for persons with
disabilities will be
made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Stephanie
Sellers at WBCNA, 225 Church Street Huntsville, Alabama 35801, or by
phone at 256-535-2038 or email info@wbcna.org.
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