GSDBA and FIRSTGROUP Form Corporate Partnership

October 25, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Frank Sabatini Jr./media coordinator/619-925-3794; or Joyce Marieb/executive director/619-296-4543

GSDBA and FIRSTGROUP Form Corporate Partnership

The Greater San Diego Business Association has formed a corporate partnership with FIRSTGROUP, a commercial real estate developing firm founded in 1972. The company recently presented $5,000 to the GSDBA in an effort to raise continued awareness of the 800-member chamber of commerce.

"As San Diego County's LGBT Chamber of Commerce, the GSDBA appreciates the support of corporations like FIRSTGROUP, which understand the work we do to help area small businesses grow and prosper," said Joyce Marieb, executive director of GSDBA.

FIRSTGROUP’s role in the partnership, according to Catherine Strada, an associate with the real estate company, is to "help promote gay and lesbian business and increase the powerful gay market in San Diego."

The GSDBA also introduced a new, multi-media marketing campaign titled, "Friend’s Do Business With Friends." The campaign extends to local billboards and nearly 250 television ads airing on major networks through this year.

The GSDBA was founded in 1979 and remains the second largest LGBT chamber in the nation. For more information about events, memberships and business network groups, call (619) 296-4543 or visit the web site at: www.gsdba.org.