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For Immediate Release
African American/Diversity Newswire:413-734-6444 For more information Contact:
Tony Balasandiran
Flowers Communications Group
312.228.8821
tbalasandiran@flowerscomm.com

Monica Coleman and Jamarr Rawlinson of Austell, Ga. were awarded a $35,000 business grant from Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Company to help finance their small business, Creative Connections Mobile Barbershop as the top winners of the 2007-2008 Miller Urban Entrepreneurs Series’ Business Plan Competition. Larry Waters, Miller’s senior director for multicultural relations, Greg Webb, Miller’s distributor transaction manager, and Ralph Hollman president of the Milwaukee Urban League, presented the top winners with their award at the Blue Water Grill in Chicago. Miller representatives, community leaders, friends and family of the winners attended the awards dinner where a total of $150,000 was awarded to 12 competition winners. The MUES program has awarded nearly $1 million since its inception in 1999 to aspiring urban entrepreneurs across the country. For information about the 2008-09 competition, visit http://www.millermues.com.
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