Today’s agenda was organized around the common issues identified in those regional meetings. We looked at small business credit issues from the perspective of the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. We also looked at the implications of data and information gaps on our understanding of the dynamics of small business lending.
And, perhaps most important, we identified some promising next steps to ensure that creditworthy small businesses have the access to capital that they need. Today’s meeting has been referred to as a capstone because it summarized the information we gathered. But our conversation today makes it clear that this is just the beginning.