ALBUQUERQUE, NM – The US Small Business Administration has traveled across the country to celebrate Small Business Week. On Friday, Cabinet member Isabella Casillas-Guzman made a stop in Albuquerque for the SBA luncheon.
City leaders and small business owners gathered at the National Hispanic Cultural Center to present the ceremony.
“National small business week gives us the opportunity to honor and recognize the hard work, resilience, adaptability and tenacity of our New Mexico business owners and entrepreneurs,” said John Garcia, SBA District Director.
Garcia said New Mexico is home to 162,000 small businesses.
“We are pleased to celebrate a boom for small businesses. In New Mexico alone, we have seen 51,000 new business applications filed,” said Isabella Casillas-Guzman, SBA Administrator and Cabinet Member.
Guzman also highlighted the various services the SBA offers to small business owners. They offer mentors, free advisors and classes.
“Historic levels of infrastructure, we’ve already seen billions of dollars with over 200 projects started in New Mexico alone. These are contracts for small businesses to build roads and bridges and airports and broadband infrastructure,” Guzman said.
She hopes ceremonies like the one held Friday afternoon encourage small business owners to continue their work.
“We want the small businesses out there to really know that there are people out there who care about their success and that we need them to succeed because our economy depends on them,” the cabinet member said.
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