FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 13, 2015

CONTACT:

 

Lori Taylor (925) 833-6650

lori.taylor@dublin.ca.gov
Theresa De La Vega (925) 960-4049
tbdelavega@cityoflivermore.net
Pamela Ott (925) 931-5040
pott@cityofpleasantonca.gov

Tri-Valley Cities and Chambers of Commerce Announce Small Business Series

Tri-Valley, CA—The cities of Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton and their respective Chambers of
Commerce join the San Francisco office of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to host the
Tri-Valley Small Business Series from May to November 2015. The series is designed to connect the
region’s small businesses with local resources and to celebrate the important role that small
business plays in the region.

The Tri-Valley region is full of aspiring entrepreneurs who are looking for the skills to turn
their ideas into reality and small business owners that have already opened for business. In a
recent report, the Bay Area Council Economic Institute reported the Tri-Valley’s business base is
primarily composed of very small firms, and that those same small businesses have accounted for a
growing percentage of jobs in the Bay Area since 2000. By working together, the Tri-Valley Cities
and chambers are able to provide valuable, high-quality programming that addresses the specific
needs of new and growing local businesses toward sustaining the region’s outstanding business
climate.

The series will kick off with a proclamation of “Small Business Week” by each City Council during
National Small Business Week, designated from May 4-8, 2015. Dublin and Pleasanton will present the
proclamation on May 5, and Livermore on May 11.
Small businesses create two-thirds of the nation’s net new private sector jobs in the United States
according to federal SBA Administrator Maria Contreras Sweet. Over the past eight years, that has
translated to more than eight million jobs that have been created through the small business
community.

Each of the three cities and their partner Chamber of Commerce has scheduled an event that is open
to all small businesses in the Tri-Valley, the first of which is a Small Business Resource Fair on
Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Robert Livermore Community Center in
Livermore.

Pleasanton will host a “Tech Talk” event in July, followed by a “Meet the Lenders” event in Dublin
in October. Information and registration about each event is available at
www.dublin.ca.gov/businessseminars. The events were designed to provide ideas and information that
support small businesses and start-ups throughout the Tri-Valley region.

The series will culminate with “Small Business Saturday” on November 28, 2015, a campaign founded
by American Express in 2010 to support the small businesses that create jobs, boost the economy,
and preserve neighborhoods around the nation during the busiest shopping season of the year. Each
of the partners promotes these efforts to encourage residents to support local small businesses,
both on that day and throughout the year.