(SOUTHFIELD, Mich.) – Southfield Mayor Brenda L. Lawrence and the Southfield City Council will host the Partner America™ Small Business Conference on Monday, December 3 beginning at 8 a.m. at the Southfield Public Library, 26300 Evergreen Road.
The event will feature welcoming remarks by Mayor Brenda L. Lawrence followed by a conference overview provided by Southfield Area Chamber of Commerce President Susan Busch. Anthony Outley of the General Services Administration will present “Selling to the federal government,” followed by The Partner America Challenge “Do You Really Want to Make A Profit” presented by George Cloutier, chairman of Partner America and chairman and CEO of American Management Services, Inc. The conference will also feature several other presenters, including: Richard King, regional director, Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center; Cynthia Grubbs, manager of diversity initiatives, Michigan Economic Development Corporation; and Doug Adams, vice president SBA lending, Comercia Bank.
A small business networking luncheon will immediately follow the conference. Reservations are required and may be made by calling the Mayor’s Office at (248) 796-5100.
Partner America is a public-private partnership created by the United States Conference of Mayors and American Management Services, Inc. to help small and mid-sized businesses improve profits and sales through management technical assistance in hundreds of cities, and every state across the nation. Partner America is the first initiative focused specifically on combining the resources and programs offered by local and federal government agencies with the management expertise provided by private enterprise to implement profit improvement programs for U.S. businesses.
The United States Conference of Mayors, “the Conference”, is the official non-partisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more, and focuses on the development and implementation of national urban policies impacting the sustainable development and growth of cities across the United States.
Call Marty Williams, executive assistant to the Mayor, at (248) 796-5100 for more information.
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