UCF continues to prove it powers economic prosperity across Florida by supporting small businesses that drive impact across sectors nationally.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) selected the Florida Small Business Development Center at UCF (FSBDC at UCF)<\/strong> as the National Small Business Development Center of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 recognizing its outstanding performance, innovative programming, and leadership in supporting Central Florida\u2019s entrepreneurs and small businesses. The UCF center was selected from a pool of 1,000 applicants nationwide.<\/p>\n \u201cThis award reflects our consistent ability to exceed SBA milestones and outperform our own high expectations within the Florida SBDC Network.\u201d \u2014 Eunice Choi, regional director of the FSBDC at UCF<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cWe are humbled yet immensely gratified to be honored as the SBDC of the Year by the SBA,\u201d says Eunice Choi, regional director of the FSBDC at UCF. \u201cOur team takes great pride in its unwavering commitment to serving the small business community and advancing SBA\u2019s mission. This award reflects our consistent ability to exceed SBA milestones and outperform our own high expectations within the Florida SBDC Network.\u201d<\/p>\n The FSBDC at UCF is located in the National Entrepreneur Center inside the Orlando Fashion Square Mall near downtown. It serves serves eight counties including Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia. At the Orlando main office, as well as six service center offices, small business owners have access to seminars and no-cost one-on-one consulting with experts who can assist across the following areas:<\/p>\n Each year, the SBA celebrates National Small Business Week (May 3-9 this year) by recognizing exceptional small business owners, entrepreneurs and resource partners from across the country. This year\u2019s winners have been invited to Washington, D.C., May 3\u20134, where they will be honored during national ceremonies.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year\u2019s NSBW celebration is particularly historic as our nation commemorates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, when our Founding Fathers laid the groundwork for the liberty that powers the engine of free enterprise. The result is our nation\u2019s prosperity and entrepreneurial spirit \u2014 the very spirit your leadership exemplifies,\u201d SBA Administrator Kelley Loeffler stated in a letter congratulating to the FSBDC at UCF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Florida Small Business Development Center at UCF earned top recognition from the U.S. Small Business Administration for its efforts that support Central Florida\u2019s entrepreneurs and small businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":152071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[7309,20753],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-152065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-community","tag-college-of-business","tag-community"],"yoast_head":"\n\n