| NASA GSFC Solicitation Refurbishment and Repair of the NASA Barge Pearl River
NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) for the following commercial item/services: Refurbishment and Repair of NASA Barge Pearl River. NASA/MSFC has a requirement for the refurbishment and repair of the NASA Barge Pearl River, currently located at Stennis Space Center (SSC), Mississippi near New Orleans, Louisiana. The refurbishment and repair of this vessel will allow for the transportation on inland waterways of Ares 1 Upper Stages (US) and US test hardware between the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) and SSC, where the stages and test hardware will be evaluated for development and flight. A Draft Statement of Work (SOW) is attached. This procurement is a total small business set-aside. See Note 1. The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 336611 and 1,000 employees, respectively.
Canandaigua Lake Project Unveiled
After years of planning, the city of Canandaigua has received an ambitious plan to revitalize the lake's north shore. An initial sketch of the $140-million project was unveiled earlier this week. It includes about 375 residential units, apartments and town houses. It also includes commercial development and the redevelopment of a major retail plaza, all on 37 acres of land. For a small community like Canandaigua, progress can mean big changes. Something many who live here are keeping a close eye on. "I think this is one of the areas in upstate New York that's growing," said Suzanne Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh has lived most her life in Canandaigua. Over the years, she says the city has been able to grow without spoiling this quaint community. But a development proposal with a vision for the future could bring major changes.
Websites for cell phones
Brett Dewey's company thrives on spur-of-the-moment purchases. His North Hollywood, Calif., web business, WickedCoolStuff, collects $1 million a year for nostalgic merchandise such as Captain Picard action figures, Underdog lunch boxes, and toys based on Monty Python movies. His customers, mainly men in their late 20s, are more tech savvy than most online shoppers, but they aren't chained to their computers. Even Star Trek fans venture outdoors. So when Dewey heard about a new kind of website tailored to conduct e-commerce over cellphones, he jumped at the chance to make himself accessible to clients during virtually all their waking hours. "If someone sees an advertisement, he may not remember it by the time he gets back to his computer," he says. "But his phone is always on hand for an impulse buy." If the first wave of online business was all about getting a dot-com, the next may be about adding a dot-mobi.
MSU Small Business Development Center offers seminars
The Missouri State University Small Business Development Center will present the following seminars in December.
� E-Commerce and Internet Marketing: Best Practices
Time: Dec. 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Where: Glass Hall
Cost: $109 per person
� �How to Write a Business Plan - the Path to Success
Time: Dec. 5 and Dec. 6, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. both evenings.
Where: Glass Hall
Cost: $129 per person and $99 for a second person from the same business.
To register for the classes, call 836-5685 or visit www.sbdc.missouristate.edu. .
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