Kimco Realty Sponsors SCORE to Provide Educational Services to Retail Small Businesses
February 13 2017 - 4:01PM
Business Wire
New Alliance Brings Kimco’s Retail Expertise
to SCORE Clients and Provides SCORE Resources to Kimco
Tenants
Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE:KIM) today announced that it has
sponsored The SCORE Foundation in the development by SCORE of new
educational services focused specifically on entrepreneurs who are
starting, operating or managing small businesses in the
brick-and-mortar retail, service or restaurant industries. The
program and sponsorship align with Kimco’s goals to support
its small shop tenant base and to enrich local economies by helping
to build and grow small businesses, including veteran, minority and
women-owned retailers.
Under this alliance, Kimco will assist SCORE in the creation of
educational services benefiting entrepreneurs in the retail,
restaurant or service industries. Tenants and prospective tenants
who wish to take advantage of the program will have access to
a SCORE “concierge service” – a dedicated contact providing tenants
an appropriate mentor based on their individual needs and access to
SCORE training, counseling and other services that will be
available through SCORE’s local chapters throughout the United
States or through convenient web-based modules.
“Kimco is thrilled to be working with SCORE to assist small
businesses not only in our portfolio, but across the country,” said
David Jamieson, Kimco’s Executive Vice President, Asset Management
and Operations. “Small shops are part of the fabric of our
communities, and it’s vital to local economies that small
businesses thrive. We are passionate about doing our part to
help.”
“SCORE is teaming up with Kimco so more brick-and-mortar small
business owners can have the help they need to find success,” added
David Bobbitt, President of The SCORE Foundation and Vice President
of Development at SCORE. “We know that small businesses counseled
by SCORE mentors have a higher rate of surviving and, indeed,
thriving. Brick-and-mortar small business owners face a changing
marketplace, yet an experienced SCORE mentor can help them
negotiate this new terrain with confidence.”
ABOUT KIMCO
Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM) is a real estate investment trust
(REIT) headquartered in New Hyde Park, N.Y., that is one of North
America’s largest publicly traded owners and operators of open-air
shopping centers. As of December 31, 2016, the company owned
interests in 524 U.S. shopping centers comprising 85 million square
feet of leasable space across 34 states and Puerto Rico. Publicly
traded on the NYSE since 1991, and included in the S&P 500
Index, the company has specialized in shopping center acquisitions,
development and management for more than 50 years. For further
information, please visit www.kimcorealty.com, the company’s blog at blog.kimcorealty.com, or
follow Kimco on Twitter at www.twitter.com/kimcorealty.
ABOUT SCORE
Since 1964, SCORE has helped more than 10 million aspiring
entrepreneurs. Each year, SCORE’s 10,000+ volunteer business
experts provide 350,000+ free small business mentoring sessions,
workshops and educational services to clients in 300+ chapters
nationwide. In 2015, SCORE volunteers provided 2.2+ million hours
to help create more than 45,000 jobs and 55,000 small
businesses.
For more information about starting or operating a small
business, call 1-800-634-0245 for the SCORE chapter nearest you.
Visit SCORE at www.score.org. Follow @SCOREMentors on Facebook and
Twitter.
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Kimco Realty Corp.Jennifer Maisch, 516-869-7224Director,
Corporate Communicationsjmaisch@kimcorealty.com
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