Montgomery Advertiser
Sieu Tang Wood, founder and owner of Tang’s Tailor Shop in the Montgomery area, has been named the 2008 Solveras/NFIB Small Business Champion for Alabama by the National Federation of Independent Business.
Wood serves on NFIB’s Leadership Counsel, advising the association on issues affecting small business owners. She has contributed to the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation, and her donations helped establish the first fully endowed NFIB scholarship. In 1985, Wood moved to Montgomery to provide alterations for personnel at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base.
Over the next 10 years, she added alterations contracts with military bases throughout the Southeast and Hawaii. In 1993, she opened her first civilian shop in a storefront on Cloverdale Road in Montgomery. Today, the business has grown to include about 120 sewing machines in six shops in Montgomery and Prattville. In addition, Wood now designs formal and bridal gowns and women’s suits.
She has served on the boards of the Montgomery Rotary Club, the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce and the Girl Scouts of South Central Alabama. She currently serves on the boards of the Montgomery Area Council on Aging, the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, the Montgomery Ballet, the Montgomery Chorale and the Junior League of Montgomery. Wood, whose son died of lung cancer in 2004, also donated a van to Kid One Transport, an organization that provides transportation to sick children and expectant mothers.
-- Posted by Kym Klass