Sparkflight Studios Renews the WBENC Certification

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Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: Sparkflight Studios Recertified as WBE and WOSB by WBENC

Sparkflight Studios (SFS) just completed the recertification process for WBE and WOSB under the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), which means we continue to have an advocate for access, capacity development, recognition, and community support to facilitate real-time business opportunities. WBENC also offers training that helps grow our capacity. WBENC is the largest certifier of women-owned businesses in the U.S. and a leading advocate for women business owners and entrepreneurs.

The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved WBENC as a Third Party Certifier for Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) certification as part of the SBA's WOSB Federal Contracting Program. 


SFS is also renewed as a DBE through the Clark County Department of Aviation. We have been certified DBE since 2010. 

SFS is honored to serve multiple organizations and local governments as a full service architecture firm. We were recently awarded a 5-year term-contract with the College of Southern Nevada (CSN) for on-call architectural services and started our first project this month. 


WBENC is an important part of doing business - see more in this short video; link here.





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