{"id":386799,"date":"2023-03-08T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=386799"},"modified":"2023-03-08T06:00:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T20:00:51","slug":"rota-sbdc-hosts-first-ever-small-business-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/rota-sbdc-hosts-first-ever-small-business-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Rota SBDC hosts first-ever Small Business Night\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_386771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-386771\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/SBDC-Night-Rota-18WB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/SBDC-Night-Rota-18WB.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-386771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CNMI Small Business Development Center at Northern Marianas College\u2019s Rota campus recently held a small business night, which brought together close to 400 residents. (NMC)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The CNMI Small Business Development Center at Northern Marianas College\u2019s Rota campus proudly hosted the first-ever Small Business Night last Feb. 23, 2023, with upwards of 400 residents attending the event.<\/p>\n<p>The event featured both seasoned and upcoming local entrepreneurs and their products and services, including handcrafted products, baked goods, Rota merchandise, handmade accessories, a variety of food options, and more. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a new business, Bake Me Happy was excited to be invited as a vendor at the Rota Small Business Night. We were overwhelmed by the support of the Rota community and look forward to future opportunities to participate at SBDC events,\u201d said Chanelle Manglona, owner of Bake Me Happy. <\/p>\n<p>The next Small Business NIght will be held on Tinian on Thursday, March 9, 2023, at the Fiesta Grounds, Tinian. <\/p>\n<p>The Rota SBDC extends its sincere gratitude to the Office of Mayor Aubry Hocog and the Rota Municipal Council for providing logistical support. SBDC also thanks the small businesses and government agencies that participated in this event, including A&amp;T 2 Enterprises, Island A Heart Retail\/JTGA- GTS Construction, 5 G\u2019s Enterprise dba Hagu La\u2019Mun, Bethel Enterprise, Bake Me Happy, NMI Assets, Kitty Blossom, KFAB Gifts, BDZ Mow &amp; Throw, CNMI Department of Labor, and NMC\u2019s Community Development Institute. <\/p>\n<p>SBDC provides free business counseling services, resources, and training to small business owners and entrepreneurs on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. For more information, call (670) 237-6888.<em> <strong>(NMC)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CNMI Small Business Development Center at Northern Marianas College\u2019s Rota campus proudly hosted the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":386770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}