Exports made in Odessa, USA

The Odessa Chamber of Commerce met Tuesday, November 13, at Any Occasion Banquet Hall for a pizza lunch hosted by the Chamber. A guest speaker, Keith Meadowcroft, an international trade specialist with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Spokane, gave a presentation on the free services provided by his organization for establishing export trade relationships with companies in other countries.

Through the Obama administration’s National Export Initiative, a $600 billion increase in funding over five years will enable organizations like the SBDC to help small businesses (with fewer t...