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Starting or Growing Your Own Business

Owning a business is one of the most effective ways to improve your financial well-being. The Business Development Center (BDC) can help you launch a new business and help existing business owners succeed and grow by providing you with the following proven programs and services:

For more information, contact us online or at these locations:

Pine Bluff
2304 W. 29th St. Pine Bluff, AR 71603
Phone: 870.535.6233 ext.13 or 888.323.6233
Fax: 870.535.7883
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Helena-West Helena
502 Cherry St. Helena-West Helena, AR 72342
Phone: 870.816.1120 or 870.816.1126
Fax: 870.816.1194
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Forrest City
Mail to Helena-West Helena or contact East AR Enterprise Community, Inc.
1000 Airport Road, Forrest City, AR 72355
Phone: 870.630.2005 or 870.816.1120
Fax: 870.630.2035
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West Memphis
Mail to Helena-West Helena or ProFile America, Inc.
1800 N. Missouri, Ste 11C, West Memphis, AR 72301
Phone: 870.733.1700
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or
West Memphis Chamber of Commerce
108 W. Broadway, West Memphis, AR 72301
Phone: 870.735.1134 or 870.816.1120
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Our BDC serves men and women. BDC is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO) under Cooperative Agreement Number (SBAHQ-04-W-0032). The Office of Women’s Business Ownership is established to help women become full partners in economic development through small business ownership. Visit the Women’s Business Ownership online.

BDC is a public-private partnership of the U.S. Small Business Administration and Southern Good Faith Fund, a non-profit affiliate of Southern Bancorp. SBA’s cooperation does not constitute or imply its endorsement of any opinions, products, and/or services. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and limited English proficiency will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Felecia Burns, 2304 West 29th Avenue, Pine Bluff, AR 71603 or call 870.535.6233 ext. 38. All SBA programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.

 

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