Press release
Michael Ellsberry, Director of the Trinity Valley Community College Small Business Development Center, was recently recognized by the North Texas SBDC for successful achievement of more than $5 million in loans to small businesses.
“Our SBDC assists companies and entrepreneurs in obtaining commercial loans, leasing funds, SBA loans and other types of financing,” said Ellsberry. “Often finding financing is tough in a still very conservative lending environment, so we are excited whenever we succeed in finding funding for various sizes of businesses.”
In this region – 13 centers covering 49 counties – centers are goaled on how much financing they assist their clients in obtaining. For 2013-2014, Ellsberry was recognized as the highest individual producer, helping clients obtain almost $7 million in financing.
The TVCC SBDC offers free, confidential one-on-one business consulting for startups and existing businesses in Anderson, Henderson, Kaufman, Rains and Van Zandt counties. The Small Business Development Center is a division of the U.S. Small Business Administration.