June CWiB Meeting Highlights

June's featured speaker was Kate Moore, Director of Economic Development, St Tammany Corporation. 

HIGHLIGHTS
Kate shared a wealth of information about the services of St. Tammany Corporation. She kindly summarized the most important points as promised and sent a nice note, which follows. Kate is not only knowledgeable about economic development, she is also approachable and accessible. We hope you take her up on her offer of assistance to you as an individual business owner. Kate was very generous with her time, as have been all our speakers, staying well over an hour after the close of the meeting to answer individual questions.

RESOURCES
St. Tammany Corporation provides the following assistance free of charge for any St. Tammany Business:

• Market and demographic data (Folsom business information / Folsom demographic and income)
• Tax incentive and project financing guidance
• Site selection assistance
• Marketing and communications assistance
• Connections to resource and government partners

Additionally, Kate supplied information for these business resources:

• SCORE
• Small Business Development Center
• Google Training
• LED's Small Business Programs
• Tri-Parish Works
• Canva

JULY SPEAKER: Angelica Jenkins, Branch Manager and Vice President of Regions Bank, will address the CWiB regarding current financial issues and tips for the local business owner. 
AUGUST SPEAKER: Dr. Mike Strain, Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry