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1 SMALL, MINORITY, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS CONFERENCE How to Get in the Game and Stay in the Game Bexar County and City of San Antonio SMALL BUSINESS GUIDE TO PROCUREMENT, FINANCING, AND SUPPORT SPONSORED BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMAN BUSINESS OWNERS-SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER BEAR AUDIO/VIDEO

2 LOCAL GOVERNMENT Bexar County... Travis County... City of San Antonio... Edwards Aquifer Authority... Port of San Antonio... San Antonio Housing Authority... San Antonio River Authority... San Antonio Water System... Southwest Research... University Health System... VIA Metropolitan Transit STATE AGENCIES State of Texas Building and Procurement Commission... Commission on Environmental Quality... Comptroller of the State of Texas... Department of Criminal Justice... Department of Housing and Community Affairs.. Department of Public Safety... Guaranteed Student Loan Corp... General Land Office... Health and Human Services Commission... Lottery Commission... Office of Attorney General... School for the Deaf... Racing Commission... Youth Commission... Workforce Commission

3 FEDERAL AGENCIES Military Air Force... Army... Army... Navy... Defense Logistics Agency... Brooks City-Base... Lackland AFB... Randolph AFB... U.S Government Department of Energy... Department of Health and Human Services... Department of Homeland Security... Department of Housing and Urban Development... Department of the Interior... Department of Transportation... Department of State... Environmental Protection Agency... General Services Administration... National Aeronautics and Space Administration... National Science Foundation... Postal Service... Veteran Administration... Small Business Administration... Local... Small Disadvantaged Business Certification Program... HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program... NAICS Standardized Codes... CCR/Pro-Net... Fedbizopps... Gateway for selling to the federal government... or SBA Office of International Trade... Veterans Business Development...

4 UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES Alamo Community College District... Texas A&M University Prairie View A&M University... Texas A&M Health Science Center... Texas A&M International University... Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi... Texas A&M University-Commerce... Texas A&M University-Kingsville... Texas A&M University-Texarkana... West Texas A&M University... Tarleton State University... The University of Texas-Pan American... University of Texas... University of Texas Health Science Center.. University of Texas at San Antonio... University of Texas System... Wayland Baptist University...

5 CORPORATIONS Alpha Building Company... AT&T Center... Best Buy... Boeing... CPS Energy... Cendant... Centex,Inc... Clear Channel Communications... Dell... Earth Tech... H-E-B... Hertz... Humana... OfficeMax... S&B Infrastructure Services... Southwest Airlines... SpawGlass... The RK Group... Time Warner Cable... Toyota... Zachry

6 FINANCING Small Business Administration... Grant Information... Small Business Innovative Research... Small Business Investment Company Program... Surety Bond Program... Disaster Recovery... Franchise Opportunities... ACCION... Bank of America... Business Loan Express... Capital One... Community Development Loan Fund... Compass Bank... Frost Bank... Laredo National Bank... Nationwide Insurance... South Texas Business Fund... Washington Mutual... Wells Fargo... TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT SERVICES Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers City of San Antonio Public Library... San Antonio Business Journal... Small Business Administration... SBDCNet... UTSA-Small Business Development Center... Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)... SBA's Online Women's Business Center... U.S Business Advisory... SBA Office of Advocacy... Resources... and

7 CERTIFICATION AGENCIES South Central Texas Regional Certification Agency... Central and South Texas Minority Business Council... Women Business Enterprise Alliance... Texas Building & Procurement Commission... CHAMBERS & PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS National Association of Women Business Owners-San Antonio... Alamo City Chamber of Commerce... Associated General Contractors- San Antonio Chapter... Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce... Hispanic Contractors Association... North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce... San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce... San Antonio Women's Chamber... Surety Association of South Texas... West San Antonio Chamber of Commerce The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is the voice of America's 10.6 million women-owned businesses. NAWBO is recognized as the only organization that represents exclusively the interests of women business owners worldwide. The San Antonio Chapter was formed in 1997 to serve the over 53,000 privately held women-owned businesses in the metropolitan area. These firms employ 128,397 people and generate nearly $15 billion in sales to the local economy. Since 1997, NAWBO-SA has helped women evolve their businesses by sharing resources and providing a single voice to shape economic and public policy. City of San Antonio Small Business Office Bexar County Small, Minority, Women Owned Business Enterprise Program

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