Lunch and Learn event to explore business financing

The next Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce lunch and learn, held every other Friday, will cover "Understanding the Mind of Your Banker."

The next Snoqualmie Valley Chamber of Commerce lunch and learn, held every other Friday, will cover “Understanding the Mind of Your Banker.”

The event, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28 at Snoqualmie City Hall, is free to attend. Participants are welcome to bring a sack lunch.

The workshop will be an overview of bank commercial lending with a focus on the things bankers look for to qualify a business for financing.

Presenter Ron Raport is the vice-president of business banking at Columbia Bank in Snohomish. He has more than 25 years of experience providing financing and banking services to small and medium-sized businesses in the Puget Sound region, with particular expertise in operating lines of credit, equipment financing, commercial real estate loans, SBA 7(a) and 504 loans and business acquisition financing.

For more information, visit www.snovalley.org.