The Arkansas Small Business and Technology
Development Center at the University of Arkansas is expanding its territory
in Northwest Arkansas.
Janet Roderick, director of the state program, announced that the center has
added Sebastian, Crawford and Franklin counties to its service area, which
already included Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy and
Washington counties. The three counties were formerly served by the Small
Business and Technology Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Fort
Smith.
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, a fully
accredited small business and technology development center, assists start-ups,
existing businesses, expanding businesses and technology businesses through a
statewide network of offices. Services include free business consulting and
market research and affordable training. The Fayetteville center is a
partnership of the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Sam M. Walton College
of Business at the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at
Little Rock. Larry Brian, certified business consultant, is director of the
University of Arkansas center.
Uniting private enterprise, government, higher education and local non-profit
economic development organizations, the national network of small business
development centers is the Small Business Administration's largest partnership
program, providing management and technical assistance to help Americans start,
run and grow their own businesses. With approximately 1,000 centers across the
nation, the network of Small Business and Technology Development Centers assists
approximately 725,000 small businesses every year.
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