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Kirkwood Director Wins State Star Award

Alan D. Beach, Regional Director of the Kirkwood Small Business Development Center in Marion, was chosen by his peers as the 2009 Iowa State Star. A special awards reception honoring all Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) 2009 State Stars was held on September 17, 2009 in Orlando, Florida in conjunction with the national ASBDC conference. The reception was sponsored by Corporate Turnaround, an alliance partner of the ASBDC that has helped develop training guides and videos for SBDCs nationwide.

Front:Alan D. Beach, Iowa SBDC 2009 State Star
Back Row, left to right: Jerry Silberman, CEO and Founder, Corporate Turnaround, sponsor
Jerry Cartwright, Chair, ASBDC 2009 Board of Directors, and State Director, Florida SBDC Network
Joseph Folsom, Iowa District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Jim Heckmann, State Director, Iowa Small Business Development Centers
Antonio Doss, Associate Administrator, U.S. SBA’s Office of Small Business Development Centers

About the Kirkwood SBDC

The Kirkwood Small Business Development Center had its beginnings as a branch of the University of Iowa Business Development Center in 1989. In 1992, the Kirkwood Small Business development Center became a full-fledged sub-center located at the New Business Center incubator.

The cooperative organization was designed to stimulate economic development and create jobs in eastern Iowa counties by locating, encouraging, educating, developing, and supporting potential entrepreneurs. The facility provides small business training, counseling, financial advice, and small business classes.

What our Clients are Saying...

Al Beach has been extremely helpful; ...his suggestions and available expertise have been excellent for me. He has given me ideas and opened my eyes to how I think about some things, particularly marketing.

Julie B.

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Kirkwood SBDC News & Articles

Volunteers Unsung Heroes in Disaster Recovery

	Because of the hard-working volunteers, a Des Moines man will be able to spend Thanksgiving in his newly refurbished home, instead of just the small part that was livable after the floods of 2008. Iowa was ranked fifth in the nation for volunteering according to a recent study done. There were 865,000 volunteers, which represents 37 percent of all Iowa residents. read more...

Working to Recover: Emergency Managers Making Iowa Safer

	Lori Morrissey was selected by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to represent Iowa at a meeting on the National Flood Insurance Program. She was one of 175 people to attend this meeting, which kicked off a 30-day comment period. Issues discussed were what people need, want, what a successful flood management plan is, and much more. read more...

Governor Culver Announces New Disaster Assistance Programs

Governor Chet Culver today announced four new disaster assistance programs for small businesses and landlords impacted by the 2008 storms and floods, as well as improvements to the duplication of benefits policy for homeowners, at a press conference in Cedar Rapids.