BUSINESS COUNSELING: Offers volunteer executives with a wide range of business experience to provide free phone and face-to-face counseling to businesses and entrepreneurs. Also assists with cyber counseling. Conducts workshops for individuals who are interested in starting their own businesses. ADDITIONAL PHONE NUMBERS: Southern Anne Arundel: 41...
NEW BUSINESS SUPPORT: Encourages business expansion and retention. Offers advertising opportunities and promotes Oakland as a great place to work, shop, play, and live.
ADVOCACY: Offers legislative advocacy; networking opportunities; and affordable workshops on sales and marketing. Workshops are open to non-members at higher costs.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: Encourages retention and expansion of existing business base, selective attraction of appropriate new businesses and other economic development initiatives. Provides a business resource center for Howard County businesses and a Howard County demographic service.
CORONAVIRUS UPDATES: NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS The Maryland COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund Programs for Businesses provides loans and grant funding for small businesses and manufacturers that have been negatively impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19). This emergency assistance provides interim relief and proceeds that can be used to pay cas...
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: An alliance of more than 500 businesses committed to enhancing the economic climate and quality of life in Prince George's County. Provides the following opportunities to its members: chamber events, annual business expo and trade show, special awards programs, referrals to member businesses, publication of business-related d...
COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING SERVICES: Offers a wide-range of employment and training services for job seekers, employers, and youth. For job seekers: employment and training services are offered to the unemployed and under-employed as well as to parents who have been identified by the court system as delinquent in child support payments. Fo...
PERSONAL FINANCIAL COUNSELING: Offers a free financial coaching programs including the assistance with small business coaching and workshops, housing counseling, credit help, and money management.
BUSINESS COUNSELING: Provides business counseling, a resource library, and workshops for existing small businesses and those wanting to start up small businesses.
SMALL BUSINESS COUNSELING: Assists small businesses and individuals interested in starting a small business with planning, growing and operations. Counseling is provided in finance, marketing, planning, record keeping, personnel management and implementing control measurements. Also provides a resource library and training for small business proble...
CORONAVIRUS UPDATES: Visit https://www.sba.gov/page/coronavirus-covid-19-small-business-guidance-loan-resources for coronavirus funding options, guidance for businesses and employers, and local assistance opportunities.CONSUMER SERVICES: Provides services to assist persons to start and manage their own businesses. Guarantees up to 80% on loans to e...
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: Provides services to help individuals start and manage their own businesses, including women and underserved communities. Provides business counseling, loans, financing, advice on federal contracting opportunities, legal and licensing information. Offers publications on management assistance.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: Offers information and expert advice to current and prospective child care providers, in both family child care homes and child care centers.TRAINING: Provides training on a wide variety of topics related to child development and best practices for caring for young children.WORK/FAMILY RESOURCES: Provides information to employ...
POST OFFICES: Provides mail delivery, shipping, stamps, zip codes, mailing rates and international services.