Recovery Act Announcement: DOE to Invest $18 Million in Small Business Clean Energy Innovation Projects

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $18 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support small business innovation research, development, and deployment of clean energy technologies. In this first phase of funding, 125 grants of up to $150,000 each will be awarded to 107 small advanced technology firms [...]

Small Business Gets Breaks in House Financial-Overhaul Bill

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are adding sweeping exemptions to financial-regulation legislation that would benefit small businesses, a move that is irking some consumer groups and liberal lawmakers who contend that could compromise the effectiveness of the overhaul.
Bills currently under consideration in the House exclude thousands of community banks from oversight by the proposed Consumer Financial Protection [...]

Kentucky Governor Beshear Signs Landmark Business Incentives Bill

Owensboro, Kentucky — Accompanied by community and business leaders in Owensboro, Gov. Steve Beshear took part in a bill signing for House Bill 3, which includes new and expanded business incentive programs to encourage job growth and capital investment in Kentucky.
The Incentives for a New Kentucky bill, sponsored by Rep. Tommy Thompson of Owensboro, [...]

President Obama to Raise SBA Loan Limits

President Announces Support from Treasury for Smaller Community Lenders Committed to Increasing Lending to Small Businesses
WASHINGTON ‘ The U.S. Small Business Administration has issued the following statement by SBA Administrator Karen Mills on President Barack Obama’s proposal to raise the maximum loan size for SBA-backed loans to small business:
“Nine months ago, President Obama sent [...]

Federal Grants for Small Businesses Only

If you know of anyone with an idea for a new innovation, or new use for existing innovation in any of these topics/subtopics, they can apply for a Phase I SBIR grant.
Details:
The proposal is due January 14, 2010.
In order to apply, the applicant must be a small U.S. business by the time of the award.
Phase [...]

Gov. Beshear announces funds to energize Kentucky agriculture

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 28, 2009) – Gov. Steve Beshear today announced that $850,000 in American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funds are now available to Kentucky’s farmers on approved energy efficiency cost-share items.
“In September, I announced the awarding of stimulus funds for on-farm energy efficiency improvements to Kentucky,” said Gov. Steve Beshear. “Now, I am pleased [...]

White House Plans Small-Business Aid

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will announce initiatives Wednesday aimed at boosting credit to small businesses, as the White House tries to address a complicated issue many believe is dragging on the economy.
The White House will move to increase the caps on Small Business Administration loans and to make it easier for small banks to [...]

Karen Wright, SBA, Louisville to Speak at Next SCORE Seminar

Ms. Karen Wright, Lender Relations Specialist/Womens Business Owners Representative (WBO) with the Louisville office of SBA will talk about SBA loans and new SBA products and services currently in pipeline during the next SCORE Seminar at the Chamber “Financial Management and Funding”.
Ms. Wright joins a panel of speakers including SCORE Counselors Bart Drake, Brien Hope [...]

President Obama Approves the Billion-Dollar “Cash for Clunkers” Act

President Barack Obama signed into law last week a measure that directs $1 billion toward rebates for U.S. residents who trade in their cars or trucks for new, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Although unofficially called the “Cash for Clunkers” Act, the title is somewhat misleading, as the trade-in vehicle must be less than 25 years old [...]

Entrepreneurs Take On Tax Man

The bad economy and the deteriorating commercial real-estate market have motivated some small-business owners to fight their tax assessments.
Ann Jones of Columbia, S.C., thought there might be a mistake when she received a property valuation from Richland County in January. The co-owner of the Dog Eared Corner LLC, a pet-grooming company, saw her commercial property’s [...]