FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 18, 2016
Contact: Bob Hallstrom, Nebraska State Director, [email protected]
or Tony Malandra, Senior Media Manager, [email protected]
WHO: Lt. Gov. Mike Foley, Nebraska Senators, and small-business owners from around the state
WHAT: Annual Small Business Day at the Capitol event
WHEN: Tomorrow, Friday, February 19, 2016, from 10:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: Room 1023, State Capitol, 1445 K St., Lincoln. (Registration begins at 10:15 a.m. in the cafeteria on the First Floor)
WHY: To underscore with policymakers that small businesses are not smaller versions of bigger businesses. They have much tougher difficulties in remaining solvent. See below for a short video message from Gov. Pete Ricketts on small business and NFIB.
The National Federation of Independent Business is the nation’s largest and leading small-business association with 350,000 dues-paying members, including nearly 5,000 in Nebraska.
More about small business, its five major distinctions from a big business, and the power of the small business vote can be found this online media kit, Quick Information About Main Street, Nebraska.
Want to keep up with the small-business agenda in the State Capitol and in Congress? Follow us on Twitter at NFIB_NE
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For more than 70 years, the National Federation of Independent Business has been the Voice of Small Business, taking the message from Main Street to the halls of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. NFIB annually surveys its members on state and federal issues vital to their survival as America’s economic engine and biggest creator of jobs. NFIB’s educational mission is to remind policymakers that small businesses are not smaller versions of bigger businesses; they have very different challenges and priorities.
National Federation of Independent Business/Nebraska
233 South 13th St., Suite 700
Lincoln, NE 68501-0008
402-474-3570
Twitter: @NFIB_NE
