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KEYCORP, SBA TEAM UP TO OPEN SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT CENTER.
Crain's Cleveland Business, November, 1998 by SERRES, CHRISTOPHER
The Small Business Administration of Cleveland is teaming up with KeyCorp to create Ohio's first nonprofit center for entrepreneurs and small businesses. KeyCorp has agreed to convert its retail banking branch near Playhouse Square on Euclid Avenue into a "business information center" that will offer free advice and technology support to small businesses throughout the area.
The office will be staffed with volunteers from the SBA and the Service Corps of Retired Executives, or SCORE. ``This is not something we're doing to make a profit," said Gary Holland, vice president of small business lending at KeyBank, KeyCorp's retail banking unit. "We did this to provide additional services for our clients and for members of this community who might not be able to...
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