MEMO: BUSINESS COUNSELING OFFERED IN AREA

The Small Business Development Center will conduct counseling sessions at Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, Mo., and Perryville, Mo., this week.

Gil Degenhardt, will be available from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Sikeston, Mo., Chamber of Commerce office. Appointments are available by calling (573) 471-2498.

He will hold sessions from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office. Call 335-3312 for appointments.

A final session will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday in Perryville, Mo., at the Southeast Missouri Regional Planning office. Appointments can be made by calling (573) 547-8357.

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 cities. 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.