SBA opens office in St. George

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has opened a satellite of in St. George. Dan Nordberg, regional administrator of SBA’s Region VIII, that includes Utah, said the new office will be staffed by an SBA employee that will focus on economic development outreach to rural areas of the state south of Salt Lake City.

The office is located in the St. George Federal Building on Tabernacle Street.

Norberg said it has been a goal of the agency to place an office in St. George for years, but permanent funding was finally secured this year with the support of the SBA administrator in Washington,D.C., Utah’s congressional offices and local elected officials and economic development organizations. With more than 99 percent of all Utah businesses being small, it was determined that this satellite office will play a critical role in making access to SBA’s programs and services easier for all Utahns, he said.