Noting that small business owners are not "just the backbone of this economy," but also "the driving force behind this recovery," President Obama introduced the 2010 Small Business Owners of the year. The winners:
National Small Business Owner of the Year: Waymon Armstrong, of Florida based Engineering & Computer Simulations Inc.
First Runner-up: Rebecca Ann Ufkes (pictured second from right), president of UEC Electronics, LLC, of Hanahan, South Carolina.
Second Runner-up: Warner Cruz (pictured third from left), president of J.C. Restoration, Inc., of Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
In the ceremony honoring small business, the President outlined the goals of his administration in aiding small business owners, and called on Congress to pass a Small Business Jobs Package. Watch the ceremony here:
Posted
05-26-2010 4:01 AM
by
Graham Griffith
Filed under: Stimulus, Small Business, credit crunch, banks, lending, President Obama, karen mills, jobs lost by decade, job creation, small business lending, national small business week