The Virgin Islands Small Business Development Center (VI SBDC), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and the VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources’ Small Business Environmental Assistance Program will celebrate VI Small Business Week from June 6 - 10. The awards ceremonies will be held on Thursday, June 9, at Government House in Christiansted on St. Croix and on Friday, June 10, at the University of the Virgin Islands Administration and Conference Center, first-floor conference room, on St. Thomas. The time for both ceremonies is from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
This is the first year that the VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources (VI DPNR) Small Business Environmental Assistance Program (SBEAP) has collaborated with the VI SBDC and the SBA to celebrate Small Business Week. The new VI SBDC State Director Dr. John Osoinach applauded the award recipients.
“This year the Virgin Islands Small Business Development Center takes special pride in honoring business leaders, advocates and champions from across the territory who have worked to support economic development in the U.S. Virgin Islands,” he said. More information is available in a news release on the Media Section of the UVI website –http://www.uvi.edu - and from this direct link.