ADVISORY/SAFECO Jackson Street Center to Host Disaster Preparedness Seminar for Small Businesses.News/Assignement Editors ADVISORY ...for Wednesday (July 12) --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHAT: SAFECO (Nasdaq:SAFC SAFC South Australian Film Corporation SAFC Sunderland Association Football Club SAFC Securities America Financial Corporation SAFC South Australia Film Corporation SAFC Stirling Albion Football Club (UK) ) Jackson Street Center will host a free seminar to help small businesses in the community create disaster and recovery plans. Refreshments re·fresh·ment n. 1. The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed. 2. Something, such as food or drink, that refreshes. 3. refreshments A snack or light meal and drinks. will be served. WHY: Forty percent of all businesses fail after a disaster, regardless of the magnitude. Jackson Street Center's seminar will provide small business owners with tangible steps to minimize their business losses and assistance in planning to keep their business open after experiencing a disaster. WHEN: Wednesday, July 12, 2000, 7-9 p.m. To reserve a spot at the seminar, please call 206/521-1100. Seating is limited. WHERE: Jackson Street Center, 306 23rd Avenue South, Suite 200, Seattle WHO: The seminar is presented by Seattle Project Impact's Business Disaster Mitigation MITIGATION. To make less rigorous or penal. 2. Crimes are frequently committed under circumstances which are not justifiable nor excusable, yet they show that the offender has been greatly tempted; as, for example, when a starving man steals bread to satisfy Program, a combination of subject experts and business people with step-by-step materials and resources. Ines Pearce, Project Impact Coordinator for Seattle's Office of Emergency Management, will show businesspeople how to be better prepared for disasters. Located at 23rd and Jackson in the heart of Seattle's urban neighborhoods, development of the Jackson Street Center is a major initiative to increase the diversity of SAFECO agents, employees and customers. Additionally, the center is committed to impacting the economic vitality vi·tal·i·ty n. 1. The capacity to live, grow, or develop. 2. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy. of the neighborhood by producing employment opportunities, supporting local businesses and contributing to neighborhood organizations. Opened in January 1999, the center houses approximately 29 employees in SAFECO's personal lines operations, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , underwriting Underwriting 1. The process by which investment bankers raise investment capital from investors on behalf of corporations and governments that are issuing securities (both equity and debt). 2. The process of issuing insurance policies. , claims and agency development departments. |
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