Legislative Gathering to Showcase Outstanding
Missouri Small Businesses Jan. 30

Showcase highlights contribution entrepreneurs make to Missouri's economy

Owners and managers of more than a dozen outstanding small businesses in Missouri will be honored by members of the Missouri General Assembly Jan. 30, in Jefferson City. The business showcase, sponsored by the Missouri Small Business Development Centers (MO SBDC), highlights the achievements of some of the top performing clients of MO SBDC and its companion program, the Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (MO PTAC).

Each of the businesses will exhibit their products and services at the MO SBDC/MO PTAC Client Showcase from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the third floor of the Capitol rotunda. They also will receive legislative resolutions from their respective state senators and representatives honoring the impact of their business enterprises on the economic development of the state.

"This showcase provides a venue to demonstrate the importance of Missouri's small businesses to the economic vitality of the state," says Steve Wyatt, director of the University of Missouri Extension's Business Development Program, who administratively oversees MO SBDC and MO PTAC. "Each of these businesses—many of which are technology-oriented and in early stages of developing cutting-edge products—has received expert assistance from MO SBDC and MO PTAC counselors, which enabled them to start or expand their enterprises."

Among the honored Missouri-based businesses scheduled to attend the showcase are:

• One To Many Solutions, Macon
• Aegis Business Solutions LLC, Kansas City
• Dr. Curt Elmore and Dr. Mariesa Crow, Rolla
  
• Hammer Collections LLC, Springfield
  
• Innovations HQ, Kansas City
• LaBarge Products Inc., St. Louis
  
• Language Solutions Inc., St. Louis
  
• Lytmos Group LLC, Lee's Summit
  
• Midwest Customs, Carrollton
• Nanova, Columbia
• NEMS/MEMS Works LLC, Columbia
  
• Paris Brothers Inc, Kansas City
  
• Patric Chocolate, Columbia
  
• RoJack LLC, St. Louis
• Show Me Energy Cooperative, Centerview
  
• Sign Designs, Joplin
  
• Technology and Networking Inc., Cape Girardeau
  
• Val-Rich Foods LLC, Jefferson City

This story was featured in the January 2008 newsletter