BUSINESS MEMO: COUNSELING OFFERED FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions at Cape Girardeau, Malden, Sikeston and Perryville during April.

Counselor Gil Degenhardt will be available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 18, at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. The counseling sessions, which last about one hour are free. Call 335-3312 for appointment.

Degenhardt will conduct sessions from 9 to 11 a.m. April 17 at the Sikeston Chamber of Commerce. Appointments are available by calling (573) 471-2498. He will hold sessions at the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning office in Perryville from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 19. Appointments are available by calling (573) 547-8357.

Degenhardt will be at the Malden Chamber of Commerce from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday. Appointments are available by calling (573) 276-4519.

The Small Business Development Center represents a partnership for economic development between 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.