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Business
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Chattanooga-Hamilton
County Business Development Center
1001 Market St., Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: (423) 756-2121
E-mail: bdc@chattanooga-chamber.com
URL: http://www.chattanooga-chamber.com
"The
Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce has a fairly simple mission: To
promote regional business growth that creates prosperity and enhances
quality of life."
Department of Economic
and Community Development
Rachel Jackson Building, 320 6th Avenue, North Nashville, TN 37243-0405
Phone: (615) 741-3282
In Tennessee: (800) 342-8470
Outside of Tennessee: (800) 251-8594
E-mail: rmiles@mail.state.tn.us
URL: http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/
Sources
of Funding
URL: http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/rg_ch5.htm#sec_fundsource
The Development
Corporation of Knox County
601 W. Summit Hill Drive, Suite 200-A, Knoxville, TN 37902
Phone: (865) 546-5887
Fax: (865) 546-6170
URL: http://www.knoxdevelopment.org/
"The
main objective of the Fairview Technology Center is to support and
encourage the creation of technology-based businesses by providing them
with an affordable work environment."
Disadvantaged
Businesses in Tennessee
Resources Available for Socially & Economically Disadvantaged
Businesses
URL: http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/rg_ch7.htm
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Contact
List
URL: http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/rg_ch7.htm#sec_contact
East TN State University
Community Partnership Center
305 W. Main Street, Mountain City, Tennessee 37683
Phone: (423) 727-1250
Fax: (423) 232-7255
E-mail: tja@preferred.com
URL: http://www.etsu.edu/keystone
"The
Center for Community Outreach and Family Services administers a wide
range of programs designed to address social and economic concerns in
East Tennessee."
First
Tennessee:
Where to Go for Small Business Information
in Memphis & Shelby County
URL: http://www.memphislibrary.org/ftsbc/where/wheretogo.htm
Jubilee
Project Business Incubator (Clinch Powell Common Kitchens)
Steve Hodges, Director
123 N. Jockey Street, P.O. Box 657, Sneedville, TN 37869
Phone: (423) 733-4195
Fax: (423) 733-1624
E-mail: jubilee@naxs.com
URL: http://jubileeproject.holston.org
"Jubilee
Business Incubator offers mentoring, networking, help with Access to
Loan Funds, manufacturing practices assistance, product design, and
marketing."
MIFA Opportunity Banc
PO Box 3130, Memphis, Tennessee 38173
Phone: (901) 529-4524
Fax: (901) 529-4500
E-mail: awesterholm@mifa.org
URL: http://www.mifa.org
"Community
Development Program facilitates cooperation between residents and
neighborhood institutions for the purpose of revitalizing the
Peabody/Vance neighborhood. This area, which is home to MIFA's
headquarters at 910 Vance and the Estival Communities, is located in
the city's most impoverished zip code."
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Nashville Capital
Network
211 Commerce St, Suite 100
Nashville, TN 37201
Phone: (615) 322.3154
Fax: (615) 256.0393
URL: http://www.nashvillecapital.com
"NCN
helps entrepreneurs with business ventures that have the potential to
attract institutional equity refine their business concepts, prepare
for the fundraising process, and raise equity capital. As an extension
of its educational initiative, NCN connects entrepreneurs with
investors to help businesses raise early stage capital, grow, and
prosper. NCN employs its resources to develop investment opportunities
often not available to individuals or informal investor groups.
Additionally, NCN provides resources that assist Angels including due
diligence, structuring, and administration of Angel investments. The
NCN serves as an advocate for entrepreneurs and will assist in the
fundraising process by matching promising ventures with experienced and
knowledgeable Nashville- based investors."
The National
Association for Women Business Owners - Nashville Chapter (NAWBO)
P. O. Box 101024, Nashville, TN 37224
Phone: (615) 248-3474
Fax: (615) 256-2706
E-mail: tnwrc@bellsouth.net
URL: http://www.nashvillenawbo.com/
"The
Nashville Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners
(NAWBO) is a membership-based organization that informs, empowers and
promotes women business owners and invites its members to impact the
social, political and economic communities. Nashville NAWBO was the
first chapter chartered in Tennessee and provided assistance to
establish chapters in Chattanooga, Memphis and Tri-Cities, thus
creating a statewide partnership of women business owners. The
Tennessee NAWBO Chapters are affiliated with the national NAWBO
association which includes 60 chapters throughout the United States.
NAWBO is a member of Les Femmes Chefs D'Entreprises Mondiales, an
international association of Women Business owners. In concert with its
educational foundation, the Nashville Foundation for Women Business
Owners (NFWBO), Nashville NAWBO has established the first, SBA-funded
women's business center in Tennessee. Located in Nashville, The Women's
Resource Center will offer on-site business counseling services,
training programs and technical assistance to women business owners in
Middle Tennessee, which includes 21 counties. Through the consortium of
sister NAWBO Chapters and our corporate partnership with BellSouth and
the Tennessee Economic Development Center, the Women's Resource Center
will be able to provide training programs statewide through satellite,
two-way interactive video conferences and the internet."
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Small
Business Development Center/Cleveland State Community College
Technologies Bldg., Room 126, 3535 Adkisson Drive, P.O. Box 3570,
Cleveland, TN 37320
Phone: (423) 478-6247
Fax: (423) 478-6251
E-mail: rplatz@clevelandstatecc.edu
URL: http://www.clscc.cc.tn.us/sbdc/SbdcPage/index.htm
"We
provide business information and consulting services to help business
owners and start-ups become successful. We provide timely and accurate
information to answer Client questions. All information is carefully
researched and delivered in an easy-to-understand and expeditious
manner. If we are unable to satisfy a Client’s need, we assist in
contacting other agencies and organizations that can. We tutor our
Clients in the processes that identify and resolve business problems.
Through our services and those of partnering business professionals and
volunteers, we give our Clients the insights they need to successfully
manage and grow their businesses. We specialize in helping Clients
understand financing processes and, for those who are qualified, we
help find and secure funding sources."
South Central Tennessee
Development District
815 South Main Street, PO Box 1346, Columbia, TN 38402
Phone: (615) 381-2040
Fax: (6515) 381-2053
URL: http://www.sctdd.org/
"South
Central Tennessee Development District (SCTDD) is an association of
thirty-six municipal and thirteen county governments in southern middle
Tennessee organized to advocate and promote economic and community
development within the region."
Tennessee
Business Information Guide (PDF Format)
URL: http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/res_guide.htm
"The
small business resource guide is provided to help new businesses
understand the information they will need to make their dreams of
business ownership a reality."
Tennessee
Electric Cooperative Association
Rural Development Loans
710 Spence Lane
P.O. Box 10092
Nashville, TN 37224
Phone: 615-367-9284
URL: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/tn/busdevel.htm
"This
program is utilized to finance rural economic development and rural job
creation projects that are based on sound economic and financial
analyses. Loans and grants are made to Rural Utilities Service (RUS)
electric and telephone borrowers who use the funds to provide financing
for business and community development projects. Tennessee ranks second
in the nation for this program."
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Tennessee Extension
Service
101 Morgan Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (423) 974-7114
E-mail: rvannoy@utk.edu
URL: http://www.utextension.utk.edu/
Tennessee
Network for Community Economic Development
PO Box 23353, Nashville, TN 37202-3353
Phone: (615) 226-8868
Fax: (615) 226-5992
E-mail: tnced@aol.com
Tennessee Small Business
Development Centers
TSBDC Lead Center
MTSU
P.O. Box 98
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Phone:(615) 849-9999
Toll Free: (877) 898-3900
URL: http://www.tsbdc.org/
"The
TSBDC is a network of professional business consultants with 12 centers
and 2 satellite offices in 14 cities throughout the State of Tennessee.
The TSBDC prides itself on providing expert business advice to all
types of businesses whether you are a manufacturer, retailer, service
provider, or a professional; we are here to help you help yourself."
Upper Cumberland Human Resource
Agency
3111 Enterprise Drive, Cookeville, Tennessee 38506
Phone: (931) 528-1127
Fax: (931) 526-8305
E-mail: uchramis@multipro.com
URL: http://www.uchra.org/
"The
Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) was established by the
Tennessee General Assembly in 1973 to be the delivery system for human
resources in the 14 counties of the region."
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