National Certification Awarded to Ankeny Business Woman | Cityview
Kathy Evert, owner of KJ Signs, LLC dba Signarama-Ankeny, has received the designation as a Certified Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) from the National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC). The certification was awarded August 15. KJ Signs is 100 percent woman-owned and woman-controlled by Evert.
The WBE certification offers the business entity and the owner a chance to be vetted within the federal and state procurement arena. When certified, the business is able to bid on open market solicitations that only a certified business and/or owner are able to submit proposals for. Even without a set-aside designation the business is vetted, and this affords a slight advantage on open market bids that do not contain a certification designation. These opportunities exist within the federal and state procurement systems.
KJ Signs, LLC was formed in April 2016, operates two franchise brands – Signarama-Ankeny and YESCO Des Moines – and provides a custom, one-stop sign business for central Iowa. The YESCO division was added earlier in 2017. Owner Kathy Evert said “obtaining both the Targeted Small Business (TSB) Designation in Iowa and the National Certification as a Woman Business Enterprise (WBE) were written goals in my business plan and am grateful to have these designations. Government entities and corporations often have set goals for doing business with small businesses and woman-owned businesses and I will continue to position this company to participate in those opportunities.”
Signarama-Ankeny and YESCO Des Moines is located in the Woodside Business Park on N.E. 14th Street; 1450 N.E. 69th Place, Suite 55 in Ankeny. Hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.; phone 515.216.1240, website www.signarama-ankeny.com and www.yesco.com/desmoines.