, si Mt News:&Not Dane: Businesses To “Meet Their Match” (NAPSA)—Alandmark joint initiative of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and HP is providing small business owners and representatives with unique opportunities by facilitating one-on-one meetings with procurement officials from federal, state and local government organizations, and large corporations. Four regional Business Matchmaking events have already been conducted this year, resulting in more than 5,500 face-to-face meet- ings between small business own- ers and procurementofficials— with numerous contracts awarded. Another will take place at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas on Decem- ber 8-10, 2003. “Business Matchmaking is one of the most significant economic recovery programsthis country has ever seen and strongly supports the SBA’s mission to promote the growth and prosperity of America’s small businesses,” said SBA Ad- ministrator Hector V. Barreto. Primary and secondary small business participants will pay no event registration fees, as individual scholarships worth $195 apiece will be provided by the SBA, HP and dozensof other public and private sector partner organizations around the country. For more information or to reg- ister for the Houston Business Matchmaking event, visit www. businessmatchmaking.com.
