$100,000 Grant Supports Entrepreneurial Veterans

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:05:29 GMT

A $100,000 grant to Clackamas Community College’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will provide business support services to entrepreneurial veterans. The Small Business Administration grant will support the Veterans Small Business Management (VSBM) program. The purpose of this project is to assist Oregon’s veterans and active duty military returning from combat zones who were self-employed, owner/operators prior to their deployment and need help to continue their business operations. The VSBM program will deliver more than 2,000 training hours and 900 hours of one-on-one counseling to 50 veteran business owners each year. The lead program developer for the VSBM project is longtime CCC faculty member and Vietnam War veteran Dr. Thomas Jones. Dr. Jones is a small business management instructor and has taught at CCC for more than 20 years. The SBDC is a member of the Oregon Small Business Development Center Network and serves new and established businesses in the Clackamas County area. For more information, contact SBDC Director Tim Shea at 503-594-0733.