MEMO: BUSINESS COUNSELING SESSIONS AVAILABLE

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

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

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

He will conduct sessions Thursday at the Malden Chamber of Commerce July 12, from 9-11 a.m. 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 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.