{"id":105198,"date":"2026-02-10T15:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aceloans.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=105198"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T16:48:34","slug":"grow-your-rural-small-business-with-federal-contracting-the-sba-hubzone-program","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/aceloans.org\/es\/events\/grow-your-rural-small-business-with-federal-contracting-the-sba-hubzone-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow Your Rural Small Business with Federal Contracting: The SBA HUBZone Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-852461847\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-0 \" id=\"em-event-852461847\" data-view-id=\"852461847\">\r\n\t\t<section class=\"event-details-wrapper\">\r\n<div id=\"event-date\" class=\"event-detail-item\">\r\n    <h4>Date\/Time<\/h4>\r\n    <p>\r\n\tmarzo 24, 2026<br \/>\r\n\t<i>10:30 am - 12:00 pm<\/i><br \/>\r\n    <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"event-location\" class=\"event-detail-item\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"event-organizer\" class=\"event-detail-item\">\r\n    <h4><strong>Organizer<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n    <p>\r\n\tacewbc@aceloans.org<br\/>\r\n    <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"event-categories\" class=\"event-detail-item\">\r\n    <h4>Categories<\/h4>\r\n    <p>\r\n\tMetro Atlanta WBC\r\n    <\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/section> <!-- event-details-wrapper -->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<br style=\"clear:both\" \/>\r\n<p><strong>Two options to join us: In-Person in Tifton or Hybrid across the State<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did You Know?<\/strong><br \/>The SBA HUBZone program helps eligible small businesses in rural and urban communities access federal procurement opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong><br \/>HUBZone certification supports job growth and economic development in Historically Underutilized Business Zones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Become a HUBZone-Certified Small Business:<\/strong><br \/>Benefits include competing for the program\u2019s set-aside contracts, a 10% price evaluation preference in full and open contract competitions, as well as access to subcontracting opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The federal goal is to award 3% of contract dollars to HUBZone-Certified businesses each year.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>marzo 24, 2026 @ 10:30 am &#8211; 12:00 pm &#8211; Two options to join us: In-Person in Tifton or Hybrid across the State Did You Know?The SBA HUBZone program helps eligible small businesses in rural and urban communities access federal procurement opportunities. Why It Matters:HUBZone certification supports job growth and economic development in Historically Underutilized Business Zones. Become a HUBZone-Certified Small Business:Benefits include competing for [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":105199,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"class_list":["post-105198","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-categories-metro-atlanta-wbc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceloans.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/105198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceloans.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceloans.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aceloans.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aceloans.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aceloans.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}