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2005 News Releases
For immediate release:
June 14, 2005
Media contact:
James Hoard
Phone: (214) 922-5307
e-mail: james.hoard@dal.frb.org
Opportunities for
Small-Business Owners Focus of Conference
DALLAS—Providing vital resources
to women starting or expanding a small business is the
focus of a conference hosted by the Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas and Las Comadres Para Las Americas Rio
Grande Valley Network. The conference will be held on
June 23, 2005, in Harlingen, Texas.
More than 20 entrepreneurs, educators
and specialists will discuss the tools and skills needed
to build a small business. Speakers will explore such
topics as business-plan writing, small-business financing,
human resources, marketing and information technology.
“Small Business—Big
Dreams: Entrepreneurship in the Rio Grande Valley”
will be from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 23,
at the Harlingen Country Club, 5500 El Camino Real Route
4, Harlingen. Participants can register for the event
at www.dallasfed.org.
"We encourage and support
public information programs that emphasize local community-development
goals and initiatives," said Gloria V. Brown, Federal
Reserve Bank of Dallas vice president. "Partnering
with Las Comadres to sponsor this conference presents
an opportunity to address our common goal of stimulating
local economic-development discussions about small-business
development and job creation.”
The keynote speaker at the conference
will be Yrma Rico, successful businesswoman and author
of La Vida Rica: The Latina’s Guide to Success.
“Many high-skilled women
are looking for work in the Valley, but few jobs are
available to them. They can create their own employment
by going into business for themselves if they have the
proper information and support,” said Nora de
Hoyos Comstock, Las Comadres Para Las Americas national
founder and coordinator.
Speakers also include Bárbara
Robles, assistant professor at the University of Texas
at Austin LBJ School of Public Affairs; Sylvia Acevedo,
CEO and president of CommuniCard; and Sandra Vasquez,
president of Mex-Sales Company, Inc.
Additional information can be
found on the Dallas Fed web site at www.dallasfed.org.
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