Business and community leaders in Columbus recently rediscoverd that a special designation for the State Street area, could mean a leg up for businesses dealing with the federal government.

Cindy Frey, president of the Columbus-area Chamber of Commerce said that the area was long ago designated as a Historically Underutilized Business area.

The chamber along with the federal Small Business Administration, SCORE and the Indiana SMall Business Development Center will be holding a workshop tomorrow morning to explain how the designation could benefit businesses in that area.

Frey said that the groups will be going over the details of how to use the zone designation to take advantage of federal opportunities.

The meeting will start at 8 at Dorel Juvenile Group. You can enter off of Cherry Street and you don’t have to be a Chamber member to attend.