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<p>The SIUE Entrepreneurship Center has increased the awareness of entrepreneurship in Southwestern Illinois in the last few years.</p>
<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>Beginning in January 2011, we will be re-focusing the programs and activities of the Entrepreneurship Center to meet the needs of our local partners and supporters. We will focus on:</span></p>
<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>-</span>Expanding our impact on student entrepreneurs and helping them take their idea to the next level.</p>
<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>-Assisting the Southwest Illinois Advanced Manufacturing Center serve the research and development needs of area manufacturers.</p>
<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>-Providing business counseling services to the tenants of the River’s Edge Enterprise Center, a small business incubator located at the Tri-City Port District in Granite City.</p>
<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>-Expandimg business outreach and counseling services to high growth entrepreneurs in Madison County.</p>
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<p style='mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:1.0E-4pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11pt; font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; '>We look forward to expanding our services to include more offerings to entrepreneurs. We encourage all entrepreneurs to give us a call to discuss how we can help you succeed.</p>
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