6263210 Public Roundtable on Small Business Saturday, Made in DC implementation, and other Small Business Support
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COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE: SUBCOMMITTEE ON LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND UTILITIES
ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE ON
Small Business Saturday, Made in DC implementation, and other Small Business Support
on
Thursday, November 17, 2016, 2 p.m.
Room 412, John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Councilmember Charles Allen, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Local Business Development and Utilities, announces a public roundtable on Small Business Saturday, the Made in DC implementation, and other small business supports provided by the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD). The roundtable will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2016 in room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building.
The purpose of the roundtable is to discuss the District’s Small Business Saturday initiative, and DSLBD’s implementation of the Made in DC Program Establishment Act of 2016 (D.C. Law 21-0135) and its other small business support efforts.
The Subcommittee invites the public to testify. Those who wish to testify are asked to contact Ms. Jamie Gorosh, Legal Fellow with the Subcommittee, via email at jgorosh@dccouncil.us or at (202) 741-0929 to provide your name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any), by close of business Tuesday, November 15, 2016. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged to bring 15 copies of written testimony to the roundtable. If electronic testimony is submitted by the close of business on November 15, 2016, the testimony will be distributed to Councilmembers before the roundtable. Witnesses should limit their testimony to four minutes; less time will be allowed if there are a large number of witnesses.
If you are unable to testify at the roundtable, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Written statements should be submitted to jgorosh@dccouncil.us or to the Subcommittee on Local Business Development and Utilities, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 406, Washington, D.C. 20004. The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on November 22, 2016.
