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B usiness T i n a n c e
Free
Business
Fair
Aspiring and established small
business owners are invited to learn
how local organizations can help
with loans and technical assistance
and hear tips on topics critical to
small businesses, during a free small
business fair on Saturday, Nov. 13
from 1-4 p.m. at the Midland Li
brary, 805 S.E. 122nd Ave.
The following organizations will
be represented at the fair to answer
questions:
City of Portland Bureau of Li
censes; Portland Saturday Market;
The Corporation Division of the
Oregon Secretary of State; Mercy
Corps Northwest; Small Business
Administration; Service Corps of
Retired Executives; Neighborhood
Pride Team; Alliance of Portland
Neighborhood Business Associa
tions; Oregon Department of Rev
enue Business Division Payroll Tax
Program; Oregon Construction Con
tractors Board; the Philippine Ameri
can Chamber o f Commerce of Or
egon; Oregon Association of Mi
nority Entrepreneurs; the Oregon
Small Business Development Cen
ters at Portland Community Col
lege, Mt. Hood Community College
and Clackamas Community College;
Cascadia Revolving Fund; the Port
land Development Commission; the
Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber of
Commerce; the Portland State Uni
versity Small Business Outreach
Program; the Small Business Ad
ministration; Women Entrepreneurs
of Oregon; the Gateway Area Busi
ness Association; the Mid County
Business Association and Metro
Childcare Resource & Referral.
F or m ore in fo rm a tio n , v isit
www.multcolib.org/events/ or call
503-988-5392.
GM
Executive
Retires after
28 Years
Hitting the Mark
P hoto by M ark W ashington /
T he P ortland O bse rver
Local artist Sunshine Dixon (from left) displays her work during the National Forum for Black Public Administrators conference at the Lloyd Center Double
Tree Hotel. She is joined by the group's president Deena Pierott and Debora Leapold Hutchins o f Les Femmes.
Deena Pierott, Oregon
chapter president o f the
National Forum for Black
Public Administrators
presents a Marks of Excel
lence award to Vicki
Nakashima for her contribu
tions in community service
as the former director of
the Department of
Multicultural Health.
Jim Farmer, GM AC vice president of communi
cations and public affairs, will retire at year’send
after a 28-year career with General Motors.
Farmer began his career at the former Delco
Products Division in Dayton, Ohio, in 1976 after
nearly a decade in sales and marketing at the
tormerChryslerCorp. Airtemp Division. He joined
G M 'scorporate public relations staff in 1980, and
held positions in St. Louis, Kansas City, Mo.,
W ashington, D.C., and Detroit.
He is a graduate o f Central State University in Jim Farmer
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W ilberforce, Ohio, with a bachelor o f science degree
in marketing, and completed the executive education
program at Duke U niversity’s Fuqua School o f Busi
ness.
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Farmer also is a member o f several professional
organizations, including The Arthur W. Page Society,
The Executive Leadership Council, Pubic Relations
Society o f America, National Association of Black
Journalists and the Capital and National Press Clubs.
He received a lifetime achievement award from the
National Association of Newspaper Publishers in 2002.
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