October Cleveland District Newsletter
On Thursday September 29, 2022 the Cleveland District Office and Office of Field Operations celebrated the long standing legacy of District Director Gil Goldberg as he embarks on his next journey. Surrounded by longstanding and new staff, District Director
Goldberg was presented with the dedication of the District Office conference room in his honor. He was also honored by SBA Chief of Staff, Arthur Plews.
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Gil joined the Small Business Administration in 1994 and served as the guiding force of SBA’s activity throughout northern Ohio. One of his legacies was the creation of several economic development initiatives that helped transform the region’s economy. Gil
always focused his attention on putting the customer first. His bottom-line focus on the customer enabled the District Office to outpace the nation in lending growth repeatedly throughout the duration of his leadership.
Before coming to the SBA, District Director Goldberg spent 20 years in commercial banking, devoting the last decade of this time to middle market and entrepreneurial business development in northern Ohio. He also was Assistant Treasurer for the Leader Mortgage
Company in Cleveland, where he was responsible for treasury operations. In addition, he was a Vice President at Chase Bank of Ohio. District Director Goldberg proudly served the U.S. Army in Vietnam. Gil retires with 30 years of service to the federal government.
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Over the past decade, no entrepreneurial group has experienced as much growth as Hispanic- and Latino-owned businesses. According to the most
recent research from the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative (SLEI), the number of Latino-owned businesses has grown 44% in the last ten years alone. With this level of development, it is no wonder that Latino-owned companies generated $470 billion
for the U.S. economy in 2020. That figure only stands to grow: The SLEI projects that there are now approximately 400,000 to 450,000 Latino-owned businesses in the U.S., compared to 350,000 in 2018.
Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place from September 15 to October 15, 2022, is a time to applaud the humbling achievements and immense contributions that Hispanic and Latino American small business owners have made to our nation’s economy.
Learn more
SBA Cleveland District Office offers Spanish-language programs and trainings visit our
website
for more details
Community Navigator: Burton Bell Carr Community Development Corporation
Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc.(BBC) is a non-profit community development corporation named for three civic leaders who made a profound impact on our community, Lonnie Burten, James Bell, and Charles V. Carr. Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Inc. has
been empowering residents and revitalizing blighted and underserved communities in Cleveland’s Central and Kinsman neighborhoods since 1990. BBC has now extended its service area to include the Buckeye-Shaker Square and Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhoods.
The Community Navigator Pilot Program is an American Rescue Plan initiative designed to reduce barriers that underrepresented and underserved entrepreneurs often face in accessing the programs they need to recover, grow, or start their businesses. The program
will provide a total of $100 million in funding to 51 organizations that will work with hundreds of local community groups to improve access to SBA and government resources for America’s entrepreneurs. To learn more about the program or to find a navigator
near you visit
sba.gov/communitynavigator.
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