BUSINESS MEMO: BUSINESS COUNSELING

The Small Business Development Center will hold counseling sessions at Cape Girardeau, Sikeston and Perryville this month.

The counselor, Gil Degenhardt, will be available Dec. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions are free. Call 335-3312 for an appointment.

He will conduct sessions at the Sikeston Chamber of Commerce Dec. 14 from 9 to 11 a.m. Appointments are available by calling (573) 471-2498. He will hold sessions at the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning office in Perryville Dec. 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Appointments are available by calling (573) 547-8357. Sessions will be held at the Malden Chamber of Commerce Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m. Appointments are available by calling (573) 276-4519.

The Small Business Development Center represents a "Partnership for Economic Development" among Southeast Missouri State University, the U.S. Small Business Administration, local financial institutions, area utility companies and Southeast Missouri municipalities. The goal of the center is to stimulate diversity and growth in small business by assisting new and existing businesses to become more productive and more profitable.