Associated Press North Carolina Daybook for Tuesday, Aug. 23.
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Tuesday, Aug. 23 8:00 AM SBA and AARP host Encore Entrepreneur Fair – U.S. Small Business Administration and AARP host Encore Entrepreneur Fair. Event features panels with small business experts and speed mentoring sessions for those interested in entrepreneurship
Location: NC Rural and Economic Development Center, 4021 Carya Drive, Raleigh, NC Raleigh http://www.sba.gov/ https://twitter.com/SBAgov
Contacts: Patrick Gonzalez SBA North Carolina 1 919 532 5525 Suzanne Black AARP 1 877 926 8300
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Tuesday, Aug. 23 10:00 AM Richmond Fed Business Activity Survey
Location: TBD http://www.richmondfed.org https://twitter.com/RichmondFed
Contacts: FRB Richmond Research Department Regional Economics Division 1 804 697 4490
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Tuesday, Aug. 23 11:30 AM North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest attends NFIB Small Business Roundtable Luncheon
Location: Mitchell Community College, 701 W. Front St., Statesville, NC Statesville www.ncgov.com https://twitter.com/NCdotGov
Contacts: Jamey Falkenbury North Carolina Office of the Lt. Governor [email protected] 1 919 814 3680 LtGovDanForest
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Tuesday, Aug. 23 1:00 PM Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC receives grant from UnitedHealthcare – Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina receives $25,000 grants from UnitedHealthcare to implement a program to provide customized, healthy meal boxes and nutrition education/budgeting classes to patients identified by Wake Forest Baptist Health-Downtown Health Plaza in Winston-Salem and Ashe Memorial Hospital in Jefferson as food insecure. Speakers include North Carolina state Rep. Edward Hanes, Jr., Second Harvest of Northwest NC , Executive Director Clyde Fitzgerald, UnitedHealthcare Vice President Anita Bachmann, Wake Forest Baptist Health-Downtown Health Plaza Director Robert Jones, and Ashe Memorial Hospital CEO Laura Lambeth
Location: 3655 Reed Street, Winston-Salem, NC Winston-Salem http://www.hungernwnc.org/ https://twitter.com/nwncfoodbank
Contacts: Jenny Moore Second Harvest 1 336 784 5770
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Tuesday, Aug. 23 1:30 PM GOP Rep. Richard Hudson discusses Darlington throwback scheme with NASCAR driver Greg Biffle – Two-time NASCAR champion Greg Biffle unveils his 2016 Darlington throwback scheme with Republican Rep. Richard Hudson, who discusses the ‘national initiative that is the driving force behind the paint scheme’
Location: Concord, NC http://www.roushfenway.com/ https://twitter.com/roushfenway
Contacts: Nancy Padula Roush Fenway Racing [email protected] 1 704 743 3940
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Tuesday, Aug. 23 2:00 PM Lara Trump campaigns in North Carolina for father-in-law Donald – Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of 2016 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, visits a woman-owned hardware store to ‘discuss the struggles of running a small business in today’s economy’
Location: Briggs Hardware, 111 E Hargett St, Raleigh, NC Raleigh www.donaldjtrump.com https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump
Contacts: Kirk Bell Trump for President [email protected]
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Tuesday, Aug. 23 2:00 PM Democratic Senate candidate Deborah Ross holds policy discussion on Medicare and Social Security
Location: Southside Library, 3185 Buchanan St, Winston-Salem, NC Winston-Salem http://www.deborahross.com/ https://twitter.com/DeborahRossNC
Contacts: Deborah Ross for Senate [email protected] 1 919 436 2503
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Tuesday, Aug. 23 2:30 PM North Carolina state and business leaders discuss Hillary Clinton’s ‘plans to help small businesses in North Carolina’ – Former North Carolina State Treasurer Richard Moore, Trophy Brewing & Pizza Co-Founder Chris Powers, Barn and Ivy Owner Cat Woyee-Jones, and Reify Media, LLC Owner and President Sarah Glova participate in press conference to discuss ‘Hillary Clinton’s new plan to support small businesses, including 833,000 small businesses in North Carolina and the 1.5 million people these small businesses employ’
Location: Trophy Brewing & Pizza, 827 West Morgan Street, Raleigh, NC Raleigh www.hillaryclinton.com https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton
Contacts: Andy Estrada Hillary for America [email protected]
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Tuesday, Aug. 23 3:30 PM Walmart hosts media open house – Walmart hosts media open house to preview changes to grocery shopping with expanded pickup service in Durham and Chapel Hill
Location: Walmart Supercenter, 12500 US Hwy 15 501 N, Chapel Hill, NC Chapel Hill www.wal-mart.com https://twitter.com/Walmart
Contacts: Ashley Helms Messier Walmart 1 804 771 5303
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Tuesday, Aug. 23 4:15 PM Dem Rep. Keith Ellison campaigns for Hillary Clinton in North Carolina – Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison campaigns for Hillary Clinton in Charlotte, NC, meeting volunteers to ‘highlight her plan for building an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top’ and discuss ‘what’s at stake for winning North Carolina this November’
Location: Campaign Field Office, 5304 Sunset Rd, Charlotte, NC Charlotte www.hillaryclinton.com https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton
Contacts: Michael Gwin Hillary for America [email protected]
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Tuesday, Aug. 23 7:00 PM Fayetteville Mayor Robertson participates in Real Talk Community Meeting – Fayetteville Mayor Nat Robertson, Mayor Pro Tem Colvin, City Council Members Kirk deViere and Chalmers McDougald participate in Real Talk Community Meeting, the first in a series of community meetings focused on ‘issues directly affecting Fayetteville and how they can properly be addressed with solutions’
Location: Kingdom Impact Global Ministries, 2503 Murchison Road, Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville http://fayettevillenc.gov/ https://twitter.com/CityOfFayNC
Contacts: Nathan Walls City of Fayetteville 1 910 433 1578
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