Seminar for business owners who deal with government

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Monmouth County Director of Purchasing Gerri Popkin are teaming up to provide local business owners with a free seminar on doing business with local governments.

According to SBA Regional AdministratorMichael Pappas, the seminar is part of a series that the SBA and the New Jersey Association of County Purchasing Officials have developed to encourage small business owners to do business with the county and federal government.

Certified county purchasing officials and representatives from the SBA present each seminar. Attendees will learn about doing business with a particular county, as well as the programs offered by the SBA and how to do business with the federal government.

"This will be the third seminar in a series of five," Pappas said in a press release about the program. "The response from small business owners at our first two seminars in Somerset and Cumberland counties has been outstanding. It just proves that local small business owners are interested in developing new markets. Selling to the government, whether it is on a county or federal level, is another way for small businesses to develop new customers and expand their firms."

Small business owners interested in exploring how to do business with local governments are invited to attend the seminar hosted by the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 29 at the Monmouth County Police Academy, 2000 Kozloski Road, Freehold Township.

To register or obtain additional information about doing business with local governments, contact the Monmouth County Purchasing Office at 732-431-7370.