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Media Advisory No. 0039.13
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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to Kickoff Small Business Week with Funding Announcement to Help Small Businesses and Spur Economic Growth
WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013— On Monday, June 17, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will hold a media call to kickoff National Small Business Week by highlighting USDA efforts to help rural small businesses create jobs, get access to capital and spur economic growth.
Secretary Vilsack will announce 54 awards under the Rural Business Enterprise Grants program in 22 states – Alaska, Arizona, California, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
Monday, June 17, 2013 11:30 a.m. EDT
WHAT: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will hold a media call to kickoff National Small Business Week.
PRESS CONFERENCE PARTICIPANT ACCESS:
Audio Bridge Number: 888-324-8193
PASSCODE: RD (Given Verbally)
Trouble number – 202-720-8560
All callers using the above passcode will be placed in listen only mode. To join the Q&A portion of the meeting, these callers are instructed to press *1 on their touch tone phone.
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