Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Businesses, a capstone forum organized by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was held July 12, 2010, at the Board's Martin Building at 20th and C Streets N.W. in Washington, D.C.
This event followed a series of more than forty regional small business meetings hosted by the community affairs offices of the Federal Reserve System that took place around the country. At these business meetings, participants discussed small business credit access issues, including private-sector small business finance and examination issues; public- and nonprofit-sector roles; and the improved coordination between small business credit and support services providers.
The forum, which gathered a national audience of key decision makers, provided an opportunity to share key findings and recommendations from this series of regional meetings and to identify ways to reduce credit gaps to ensure that creditworthy small businesses have the financing they need to grow.
For more information, please visit the Federal Reserve Board's Web site at http://www.federalreserve.gov/events/conferences/2010/sbc/agenda.htm.
