ASBC has developed this memo for the Agency Review Team of the
Small Business Administration, high-lighting key issues to their
team. Top line issues discussed include expanding federal tools
for investment, expands programs that support women and minority
owned businesses, establishing a direct small-business loan
program, and continuing to promote crowdfunding investment
options through SBDCs. Contributors to this memo include the
South Carolina Small Business
Chamber of Commerce, Local Economies Project,
Neighborhood
Associates Corporation, American
Independent Business Association, among others.