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Barbara Morrison Celebrates Local Business with Mayor Ed Lee and SBA Director Mark Quinn

Mark Quinn (SBA District Director), Mayor Ed Lee (San Francisco), Barbara Morrison (President, TMC Financing) as pictured at the opening of Mission Cheese in San Francisco, CA

One of the organizations that TMC is intimately involved with is Working Solutions. Working Solutions is a non-profit started by Barbara Morrison, TMC's President, to provide microloans and other financial assistance to entrepreneurs in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mission Cheese is one of the many new businssses in San Francisco that have benefited from the help of ...

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Happy holidays from all of your friends at Bank of San Francisco!  

We are pleased to announce that we will be making a contribution to TMC Development Working Solutions on behalf of our clients and other friends of the Bank. We believe that there is no better way to show our holiday spirit than by making a contribution to an organization that supports our vibrant, local community. Working Solutions does just that. 

Working Solutions is a non-profit organization that provides microloans, individualized technical assistance, and business and financial resources to micro-entrepreneurs in the San Francisco Bay Area. In the past ...

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IN RESPONSE TO CREDIT CRISIS, MAYOR NEWSOM LAUNCHES SAN FRANCISCO SMALL BUSINESS LOAN FUND

TMC Development Working Solutions Selected to Operate the Fund

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – In response to the ongoing credit crisis, Mayor Gavin Newsom announced today that TMC Development Working Solutions (Working Solutions) has been selected to work with the City and County of San Francisco to administer the city’s new Small Business Revolving Loan Fund (RLF).

The RLF will provide microloans of up to $50,000 to small businesses operating in San Francisco that create and retain jobs for low-to-moderate income San Francisco residents ...

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On December 2nd, 2008 Working Solutions hosted the first annual Working Solutions gift bazaar. In an effort to further promote and support Working Solutions microloan clients each micro-entrepreneur in Working Solutions portfolio was invited to sell their wares during the event. The result was a unique and festive holiday shopping experience which was hugely successful!

These are the Working Solutions clients - local Bay Area micro-entrepreneurs - which promoted their products and services at the bazaar:

• Kris Nations Jewels: Women’s Jewelry
• Coco Delice Fine Chocolates: French Inspired Artisan Truffles and Chocolates
• Shannie Cakes: Specialty Cakes
• Velvet & Tweed: Children’s Clothing
• Serial ...

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I have some exciting news to share with you. . .

I received a letter this week from Mark Quinn of the U.S. Small Business Administration informing me that I've been nominated for the Financial Services Champion of the Year Award during Small Business Week this May!

The Financial Services Champion category is part of the Small Business Champion awards and recognizes "individuals who assist small businesses through advocacy efforts to increase the usefulness and availability of accounting or financial services for small businesses."

I couldn't be more proud to receive this nomination!

This year San Francisco’s celebration ...

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