{"id":604,"date":"2025-06-18T19:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.44businesscapital.com\/blog\/?p=604"},"modified":"2025-06-18T20:55:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T20:55:52","slug":"sbas-small-businessperson-of-the-year-connecticut-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.44businesscapital.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/sbas-small-businessperson-of-the-year-connecticut-district\/","title":{"rendered":"CT SBA Small Businessperson of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-602 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/44.clientwebdev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SBA-Award-2-with-Chad-Stier-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.44businesscapital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SBA-Award-2-with-Chad-Stier-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.44businesscapital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SBA-Award-2-with-Chad-Stier-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.44businesscapital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SBA-Award-2-with-Chad-Stier-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.44businesscapital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SBA-Award-2-with-Chad-Stier.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/>Chad Stier of 44 Business Capital participated in the SBA\u2019s Connecticut District Office\u2019s Annual Awards Luncheon, where he extended congratulations to Michelle Nicholson of The Flour Girl Bakery for being named the SBA\u2019s Small Businessperson of the Year for the Connecticut District. 44 Business Capital and Berkshire Bank are honored to count The Flour Girl Bakery among their esteemed clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chad Stier of 44 Business Capital participated in the SBA\u2019s Connecticut District Office\u2019s Annual Awards Luncheon, where he extended congratulations to Michelle Nicholson of The Flour Girl Bakery for being named the SBA\u2019s Small Businessperson of the Year for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.44businesscapital.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/sbas-small-businessperson-of-the-year-connecticut-district\/\">Read More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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