On Friday, March 6, the NASBP and the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Surety Guarantees are holding a roundtable in Washington, DC, to discuss the challenges small and emerging businesses may face in securing surety bonds as well as potential resources available to them.

NASBP invites staff and volunteer construction association leaders to attend in order to talk about their members’ needs regarding surety bonding. Participants will learn about the powerful tools and programs available, which can assist small and emerging contractors qualifying for surety credit. If these construction associations’ members have never qualified for bonds, have had difficulty qualifying for bonds, or have an interest in learning more about surety bonds, this event is well-suited for them. Attendees will learn first-hand from representatives of the SBA and surety industry leaders and decision-makers about the bonding education programs that can help their members understand the ways to secure surety credit successfully, so that they can bid on public works projects to enhance their business opportunities.

The roundtable will take place from 9 am to 12 noon at the U.S. SBA, 409 3rd Street, SW in the Eisenhower Conference Room. There will also be an opportunity for networking afterward. Anyone interested in attending should RSVP via this link by February 28.

Chair of the Committee, Chris Downey of Downey and Company, who is pictured left, and Edin Zukanovic and Joshua Etemadi of Construction Bonds, Inc., who are pictured right, are active on the NASBP Small & Emerging Business Committee. Each presented in 2019 for the Bonding Across America Program, another joint NASBP/SBA effort.