Chillicothe-based SBDC Business Counselor Receives
National Award at Denver Meeting

Denver, Colo. — A Chillicothe-based Northwest Missouri State University business specialist was honored Sept. 19, as the top Missouri Small Business Development Center (MO SBDC) counselor in the state by the national Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC), based near Washington, D.C.

Steve Holt, director of the NWMSU MO SBDC office in Chillicothe, received the State Star Award at the recent ASBDC annual conference in Denver, Colo., according to Max Summers, state director of the Missouri SBDC office based at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

"I am pleased that ASBDC has recognized Steve for his vital contributions to the Missouri SBDC program and to the small businesses of northwest Missouri," said Summers.

Holt, a three-year veteran of the MU Extension business development program, was honored with the State Star Award for his exemplary performance in his capacity as a small business counselor, for making a significant contribution to the Missouri SBDC program and for consistently demonstrating a strong commitment to promoting Missouri's economic development through his assistance to many of the state's small businesses. Holt has demonstrated strong attributes in counseling, teamwork, community involvement, youth entrepreneurship advocacy and other entrepreneurial initiatives such as a program he has developed on the principles of economic gardening.

This story was featured in the October 2007 newsletter