SBA Should Not Abandon its Atlanta Office

For Immediate Release: 
Friday, March 7, 2025
Statement from Small Business Majority Georgia Director Rachel Shanklin on why the U.S. Small Business Administration should reconsider its plan to relocate offices away from major cities
 
“With over 778,000 small businesses in the Atlanta metropolitan area, the city is a hub of small business activity. Closing the Atlanta office of the SBA would likely make it more difficult for Atlanta’s robust entrepreneurial community to access valuable resources. It’s also not clear why a city’s policies toward immigrants would disqualify it from serving small businesses well. With that in mind, we urge Administrator Loeffler to reconsider her plan to shutter offices in or near major cities like Atlanta.”
 

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Press State: 
GA