{"id":185,"date":"2022-05-03T14:52:46","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2023-11-06T12:16:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:16:03","slug":"small-business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/resources\/small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Small Business Committee was established to expand the association\u2019s visibility, enhance opportunities for small business, and make WBC membership and governance more diverse.\u00a0 The charge of the committee is to increase membership growth and leadership by fostering relationships with small, minority and disadvantaged businesses, to diversify WBC and make it the lead representative within the local real estate development and building construction industry of small, minority and disadvantaged businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Small Business Member Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is an initiative of the Small Business Committee to highlight member firms or individuals that are small businesses to show how membership in the WBC has helped small businesses succeed and to help new members use all the resources that the WBC has to offer<\/em>.  <em>Please contact <strong><a href=\"mailto:info@wbcnet.org\">WBC<\/a><\/strong> if you would like to be profiled.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull footer-banner has-accent-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Become a WBC member<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike other associations that represent only one facet of the industry, the WBC represents everyone &#8211; owners, developers, architects, builders, subcontractors, suppliers and professional service firms.&nbsp; This is the only local association where you can meet with your clients, contractors and peers in one setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/membership\/join-wbc\/\">Become a Member!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/become-a-member.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/become-a-member.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/become-a-member-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Small Business Committee was established to expand the association\u2019s visibility, enhance opportunities for small business, and make WBC membership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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