News & Events
OSMBA NEWSLETTER OSMBA SAVE THE DATE Please check back soon. |
| USC Small Business Development Center Free Consulting and Managerial Assistance for Businesses | Jan-Feb 2010
|
||
| The rebates for new Energy Star certified refrigerators, dishwashers, hot water heaters and other appliances are funded by South Carolina’s share of the $300 million in federal stimulus funds being distributed to each state for appliance rebates beginning March 31, 2010. For appliances bought in a store, the rebate will be applied instantly when the customer goes to the register. To learn more about the rebate program, visit www.energy.sc.gov/appliancerebates |
||
| The Internal Revenue Service, the South Carolina Department of Revenue (DOR), and the South Carolina Employment Security Commission (ESC) provides South Carolina’s taxpayers top quality service by helping them
understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all.
The workshops presented offer guidance on record keeping, types of business entities, Schedules C & SE and
employment taxes. |
||
| Arts Commission Fall Newsletter - for the arts community | ||
| The Small Business Readiness Assessment tool, is recommended by the SBA to determine your readiness to start a business. This questionnaire is for your own use in getting assistance with your business start-up. Click here to begin the questionnaire. | ||
| Click here to view a list of lenders who have made US Small Business Administration America's Recovery Capital (ARC) Loans during FY 2009. The ARC Loan Program is a 100% SBA guaranteed loan for up to $35,000, used to make payments on existing debts for those businesses experiencing "immediate financial hardship." | ||
| Section 502 Direct Loan Program Funding Provided: $967,113,096. The Recovery Act investments in the 502 direct loan program will provide assistance to those impacted by the recession, preserve jobs and promote economic recovery. Banks and other financial institutions are reluctant to lend money in the current economic environment. The lack of available credit to purchase a home combined with the number of foreclosures in the market is negatively impacting the housing industry as well as other sectors of the economy. 502 direct Recovery Act funds will provide additional credit for affordable home loans. Loan funds will also provide economically distressed low and very-income homeowners located in eligible rural areas with the opportunity to refinance a qualified existing mortgage to an affordable loan. Section 502 direct loans are authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949. 7 CFR Part 3550 provides the policies for the direct single family housing loan programs. Section 502 direct loan program helps low and very-low income applicants who cannot qualify for other credit, including a 502 guaranteed loan, purchase a modest dwelling located in a rural area. Very low income is defined as below 50 percent of the area median income (AMI) and low income is between 50 and 80 percent of AMI. Applicants may obtain 100% financing and must be able to afford the mortgage payments, including taxes and insurance, which are typically within 24 percent of an applicant's income through a payment subsidy to enhance repayment ability. Housing must be modest in size and design, and must not exceed the applicable area loan limit. Refinancing is also available in limited circumstances for eligible homeowners at risk of losing their homes. Reducing the number of foreclosures as well as preserving jobs in the real estate industry will stimulate the depressed housing sector. For additional information about the 502 direct single family housing loan program click here. |
||
| SBA’s America’s Recovery Capital Loan Program If your small business is stressed meeting expenses during these economic times, the U.S. Small Business Administration has a new loan program designed just for you. SBA’s America’s Recovery Capital Loan Program can provide up to $35,000 in short-term relief for viable small businesses facing immediate financial hardship to help ride out the current uncertain economic times and return to profitability. Each small business is limited to one ARC loan. Borrowers do not start repaying the loan for one year and do not pay interest. ARC loans will be offered by some SBA lenders for as long as funding is available or until September 30, 2010, whichever comes first. As of May 2009, the SBA had made 89 guaranteed loans to small businesses in South Carolina totaling $23 million. In Columbia, 10 loans went to minority-owned businesses, seven were to women-owned businesses, and 13 were given to new small businesses. Ninety one jobs were created because of the loans. For more information about ARC loans, either contact your lender's loan officer or refer to the SBA website, www.sba.org, for a list of SBA lenders in South Carolina. |
||
| SC Green Guide issued by the SC Department of Health & Environmental Control (pdf) | ||
| FEDERAL DISASTER INFORMATION: Have you prepared your Disaster Recovery Checklist? Do you know when you may be eligible for a federal disaster recovery loan? Learn more about Federal Disaster Recovery Resources available for business owners, employees, homeowners and renters through the federal government. (click here for PDF) NEWS RELEASE: SBA PROVIDES LINK TO FEDERAL POST-DISASTER CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (click here for more information) |
||
| The City of Columbia 's Office of Business Opportunities continues to foster the viability and strategic growth of employment opportunities and small businesses through various programs and events. To learn more about the impact we are making in the small business community, please see our Quarterly Newsletter "Columbia Opportunities On-Line," or visit us on the web at www.ColumbiaCOOL.biz | ||
| IRS Tax Center [PDF] Whether you are a budding entrepreneur, or an established business owner, you will find everything you need to start and manage your business venture. |
||
| State agencies are required to advertise all solicitations above $10,000 in the South Carolina Business Opportunities (SCBO), which is published every Monday and Thursday by the SC Budget & Control Board's Division of Procurement Services. They are now providing online SCBO to the public at no charge. Hardcopy subscribers will still have to pay to have SCBO delivered to them, but they will have online access to SCBO at no extra charge as well. For information about SCBO, click here. |
Contracting Opportunities
- Seaside Utilities bidding for Archies Drive Sewer Extension Town of Ravenel, February 2, 2010 at 2:00PM.
(click here for more details)
- Seaside Utilities bidding for Dale Area Water Line Extension Phase 3 for Beaufort Jasper Water & Sewer Authority, February 4, 2010 at 2:30PM.
(click here for more details)
- Fraser Construction will be accepting Pre-Qualification Applications
from Subcontractors and Suppliers interested in bidding this project
until February 5, 2010. The project has sitework, painting, some
concrete & masonry, HVAC, Electrical & Plumbing upgrades, metal stud
framing and drywall, new floor finishes (VCT & Tile), and new acoustical
ceilings.
To request a Qualification Package, please
contact Heather Moulton or Sandra Schwab @ (843) 815-4747.
Heather A. Moulton, LEED(r) AP
Project Manager
Office: (843) 815-4747 Ext. 227
Cell: (843) 368-8809
Fax: (843) 815-4748
www.fraser-construction.net
- MELLOUL-BLAMEY CONSTRUCTION SC Ltd is seeking subcontractors for
Elementary School #18 project (closing date Feb. 4, 2010) and
Clemson Area Transit project (closing date Feb. 16, 2010)
(Elementary School #18 - Richland School District Two)
(New Multi-Modal Facility for Clemson Area Transit)
- Seaside Utilities, Inc. will be bidding the Water System Improvements for BCW&SA
Wassamassaw CDBG Water line project on Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 2:00 PM. We would apprecIa1e your help in notifying DBE, MBE & WBE business enterprise firms to participate in the above bid, by sending our company a quote for the following: Work consists of water main construction including clearing, erosion control, grassing, bore and jack, asphalt paving &patching, and fencing.
(click here for more details)
- SeasIde Utilities, Inc. will be bidding the Kingstree East Water System PhaseTwo
for Williamsburg County project on Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 2:00 PM. We would appreciate your help In notifying DBE, MBE & WBE business enterprise firms to participate in the above bid, by sending our company a quote for the following: Work consists of water main construction including directIonal drilling, bore and jack, asphalt patching, erosion control, electrical, and grassIng.
(click here for more details)
-
Loveless Commercial Contracting,Inc. is requestingbids ftom all interested subcontractors and supplierson the
following project: Clemson Area Transit.
Bid date for this project is February 16, 2010at 4:00 pm.We must receive your bid by 10a.m. on bid day. Please fax or email your response to Doug Price at (803) 796-5030 or dowr@lovelesscontracting.com. Should
you have any questions.please contact me at (803) 796-5551.
(click here for more details)
- Archer Western Contractors, Ltd. is seeking participation from bona fide subcontractors and MBE/WBE subcontractors to bid on the Florence Regional Wastewater Management Facility Contract 2.
All Subcontractor/Supplier quotes are due before Friday, February 19th, 2:00 p.m. Fax quotes to: (404) 495-8701 referencing project name and scope of work.
Plans can be accessed by clicking here.
Username: walshgroup\awsubs
Password: awgeorgia
Quotes will be evaluated on scope, price, experience, financial condition, and other pertinent factors. EOEM/F
Contact person: Mallory Lange P: 404.926.0708 F: 404.495.8701
www.walshgroup.com
