SBA Deputy Administrator to Tour Cascade Asset Management in Wisconsin On Dec 1

Nov. 30, 2011 - PRLog -- MADISON—U.S. Small Business Administration Deputy Administrator Marie Johns will visit Madison on Thursday, December 1st, to tour Cascade Asset Management, owned by local entrepreneurs, Neil and Jessica Peters-Michaud.  Johns is in Wisconsin to meet with small business owners and promote young entrepreneurship as a way to grow the economy and create jobs.  

Cascade Asset Management, LLC works with businesses and institutions to reuse and recycle electronics and IT equipment.  They work with customers to dispose of surplus computers and other electronics through donation to charity, resale, or recycling and material recovery.  In 2005 and 2007 Cascade Asset Management used two SBA loans to purchase land, build a new building, and later expand their operation.  The two SBA loans allowed Cascade to launch its national expansion and add over 35 additional jobs.

Johns will attend an SBA Young Entrepreneurs Series (YES) forum in Milwaukee later in the day.  The YES event will bring together young people to help get them the tools they need to start and grow businesses.

WHAT: Media availability and tour of Cascade Asset Management

WHO: SBA Deputy Administrator Marie Johns; Jessica Peters-Michaud, Owner, Cascade Asset Management; Neil Peters-Michaud, Owner, Cascade Asset Management

WHERE: 6701 Manufacturers Drive, Madison, Wisconsin

WHEN: 10:45 a.m.

OF NOTE:   One-on-one interviews with Marie Johns available upon request.  Please contact Becky Freund (becky.freund@sba.gov) to coordinate.

More details about Cascade Asset Management are available at www.cascade-assets.com or by calling Neil Peters-Michaud at 608-222-4800.

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Cascade provides secure and environmentally responsible IT asset disposition services to business and insitutions in the US.