Business Start up Help Alabama

Birmingham Business Development Initiative
110 12th Street North
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: 205.250.6380
Fax: 205.250.6384
Website: http://www.bbrc.biz

 Birmingham Business Resource Center
110 12th Street North
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: 205.250.6380
Fax: 205.250.6384

 Central Alabama Women's Business Center
2 N 20th Street
Suite 830
Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: 205.453.0249
Fax: 205.453.0253
Website: http://www.cawbc.org

 Greene/ Sumter Enterprise Community, Inc.
104 Hospital Dr.
P.O. Box 1786
Livingston, AL 35470
Phone: 205.652.7408
Fax: 205.652.7410 

Shoals Commercial Culinary Center
610 W. College Street
Florence, AL 35630
Phone: 256.764.0044
Fax: 256.764.5999
Website: http://www.shoalsec.com 

Women's Business Center, Inc (AL)
1301 Azalea Road
Suite 201A
Mobile, AL 36693
Phone: 251.660.2725
Fax: 251.660.8854
Website: http://wbac@ceebic.org 

Alabama's Answers "Doing Business in Alabama: A Handbook
 download pdf file from their Web site.)
URL: http://www.asbdc.org/books.htm
"It addresses the fundamental issues of starting and operating any small business and also issues specific to doing business in Alabama. We suggest you either print a copy or bookmark it in your browser to use as a reference guide. You can also call the ASBDC at 205-943-6750 for further information or to have a copy mailed to you."

Alabama Small Business Development Consortium
Office of the State Director
2800 Milan Court, Suite 124, Birmingham, AL 35211
Phone: (205) 943-6750
URL: http://www.asbdc.org/

"A Small Business Development Center (SBDC) conducts research, counsels, and trains business people in a wide variety of business topics and provides comprehensive information services and access to experts in many fields. Counseling is provided free of charge to all small business owners. Each SBDC encourages unique local efforts, region to region, state to state, and community to community, to meet small business needs in its area. SBDCs develop and maintain partnerships among community organizations and local, state and federal agencies, providing a focal point for a broad network of public and private resources at the community level. SBDC partnership programs and activities serving small businesses have contributed significantly to economic growth in Alabama and across the nation."

Link to Area Offices
URL: http://www.asbdc.org/mp2contacts.html

Bessemer Business Center
1020 Ninth Avenue North, Bessemer, Alabama 35022
Phone: (205) 481-2000
Fax: (205) 481-2100
URL: http://www.bessemeral.org/BBIS.html

"The Bessemer Business Incubation System (BBIS) is a full service business development organization providing space and services to those businesses participating in the service, light industrial/manufacturing and information technology industries. .

Business Technology Development Center
102A Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35802
Phone: (256) 704-6000
Fax: (256) 704-6002
E-mail:biztech@biztech.org
URL: http://www.biztech.org

A non-profit organization that offers mentoring, legal services, networking, help with Access to Loan Funds, International Trade, federal procurement, marketing, and R&D Commercialization.

Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence
1301 Azalea Rd., Mobile, AL 36693
Phone: (251) 660-7002
Fax: (251) 660-7004
URL: http://www.ceebic.org/

"The Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence is dedicated to the promotion of entrepreneurship and self-determination in Entrepreneurial Economic Development through the exploration and implementation of innovative concepts of enterprise stimulation, start-up and growth. Established in 1993, The Center is a major expansion of the Business Innovation Center, Mobile, Alabama's Business Incubator, and the entrepreneurial training and assistance programs which have been housed at the BIC since its' inception in 1986. The BIC is under the joint sponsorship of the City of Mobile, the County of Mobile and the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce.

Decatur Business Incubator
1629 4th Avenue, SE, Decatur, AL 35601
Phone: (256) 351-7563
Fax: (256) 351-7984
E-mail:dbi@ci.decatur.al.us
URL: http://www.digitaldecatur.com/agencies/incubator.html

The Decatur Business Incubator is a non-profit organization. The Decatur Business Incubator is a flexible concept encouraging the development of new businesses and assisting local economic development. 

Federation of Southern Cooperatives
P.O. Box 95, Epes, AL 35460
Phone: (205) 652-9676
Fax: (205) 652-9678
E-mail: fscepes@mindspring.com
URL: http://www.federationsoutherncoop.com

The focus of the credit union department is to provide technical assistance and training to individuals from low-income rural communities who have determined a need for low cost, community controlled consumer credit. Technical assistance is offered in the following areas:

Chartering

Computerizing

Non-member deposits

Business plans

Link to Area Offices

Montgomery Area Center for Economic Development - Small Business Incubator
600 South Court Street, Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: (334) 832-4790
Fax: (334) 240-6869
E-mail: info@montgomeryincubator.org
URL: http://www.montgomeryincubator.org

The Montgomery Area Center for Entrepreneurial Development (MACED) is a non-profit Small Business Incubator program for new service and light manufacturing businesses in the Montgomery area. MACED provides an environment in which these businesses can develop, grow and succeed.

Office for the Advancement of Developing Industries
2800 Milan Court, Suite 100, Birmingham, AL 35211
Phone: (205) 943-6560
Fax: (205) 943-6583
E-mail: wharrison@oadi.uab.edu
URL: http://www.uab.edu/oadi

The mission of OADI is to provide Birmingham-based, technology-oriented entrepreneurs with a unique environment, which will enhance their start-up company's chances for success. By providing low-cost office and lab space, professional, and support services, and access to the university's resources, OADI fosters entreprhttp://www.ozarkalabama.us/ozark/EconomicDevelopment/OzarkTechnologyCenter/tabid/70/Default.aspxeneurial ideas from the early stage of company development until the graduation stage of growth.

Ozark Technology Center
3269 Highway 231 S., Ozark, AL 36360
Phone: (334) 774-4952
Fax: (334) 774-4539
E-mail: info@bizincubator.org
URL: http://www.ozarkalabama.org/index.cfm?section=4&subsection=57&page=0

OTC is a multi-use small business incubator serving the seven counties of Southeast Alabama.
Our Mission is to provide an environment that is conducive to the success and growth of new and expanding businesses, create regional job opportunities and expand the regional economy.

Tuskegee/Macon County Community Development Corporation
PO Box 831134, Tuskegee, Alabama 36083
Phone: (334) 724-9662
E-mail: lynn1tuskmac@cs.com

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