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ACCION Issues Financial Friends Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lynn Trojahn, Vice President of Advancement
(505) 243-8844 ext. 230, (505) 573-1180 cell
Albuquerque, N.M. (Feb. 23, 2009) –ACCION New Mexico • Arizona • Colorado (ACCION) is celebrating National Entrepreneurship Week, February 21-28, 2009, by recognizing the financial institutions, organizations and individuals that referred the greatest number of entrepreneurs to ACCION in 2008, helping the organization increase the number of small business loans it issued last year by 46 percent over the previous year.
The recipients of ACCION’s 2008 Financial Friends Awards, issued at an event held on February 19, are:
Community Development Institution Referral Partners of the Year
First Place, New Mexico Small Business Administration (SBA); Second Place, Microbusiness Advancement Center (MAC), Tucson, AZ; Third Place, Doña Ana Community College Small Business Development Center and Fourth Place, Luna Community College Small Business Development Center
Individual Referral Awards—Albuquerque
First Place, Sandy Garcia (Bank of the West); Second Place (tie), Delia Jones (Compass Bank), Mark Rudolph (New Mexico Bank & Trust) and Inez Macias (Bank of Albuquerque)
Individual Referral Awards—Outside of Albuquerque
First Place, Michelle Miranda (Wells Fargo in Las Cruces); Second Place (tie), Scott McAdams (Peoples Bank in Taos), Trish Johnston (Peoples Bank in Taos), Ali Smiley (Bank of Albuquerque in Los Lunas) and Betty Vega (First National Bank of Santa Fe in Santa Fe)
Financial Institution Referral Partners of the Year
First Place, Wells Fargo; Second Place, Bank of Albuquerque and Third Place, Compass Bank
Open Door Award
First Community Bank received this special award for the long-standing depth of its support of ACCION, from the organization’s founding 15 years ago, to its recent regional expansion, to the creation of an innovative LLC in partnership with ACCION in 2007. First Community Bank has invested $1.2 million in this LLC, an innovative asset building tool for nonprofit organizations such as ACCION.
ACCION is dedicated to helping small business owners create assets, build wealth, and achieve financial health. The organization offers small business loans between $200 and $150,000 along with training, networking and other support services to those who want to start a business or business owners looking to expand.
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