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About
On August 4, 2005, the CCRA ceremoniously launched its economic development center to provide support to new and existing small businesses. Located at 302 Manatee Avenue East, Bradenton, FL 34208, the CCRA provides a wide range of business support services and follow-up support to small businesses in the Central Redevelopment Area, the City of Bradenton, and Manatee County.
In the summer of 2007 the CCRA renamed the economic development arm of the agency the Enterprise Center to fully describe the range of economic development services available through the CCRA’s Enterprise Center.
What is the Enterprise Center?
The Enterprise Center provides residents with access to the economic development resources in the business resource center. This includes internet accessible computers, reference manuals, one-on-one counseling of business clients covering an array of topics (start-ups, marketing, management, business financing, legal structures), providing training and workshops including the Entrepreneurial Boot Camp in conjunction with the Chamber, instituting a financing matrix which allowed clients to access information about types of non conventional forms of financing, and creating a direct loan program (contract mobilization loan program) to enable center clients to get access to funds which provided mobilization money for governmental contracts.
Enterprise Center Services
- Seminars and workshops in conjunction with educational and business partners
- One-on-one counseling
- Business assistance
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Marketing assistance
- Continuing education
- Online courses
Enterprise Center Components
- Resource center (library, computers, Internet access)
- Training facility (state-of-the-art classroom and multimedia center)
Enterprise Center Financial Assistance
- Financing Matrix
- Connectivity to Financial Partners
- Assistance with Business Plan Creation to Present to Lenders
Enterprise Center Prosperity Plan
- Asset building
- Individual Development Account Program
- Earned Income Tax Credits
- Child Tax Credits
- Free Tax Preparation
- Individual development accounts
- Financial and credit workshops and counseling
- Credit workshops and counseling
Enterprise Center Home Ownership
- Home ownership workshops and counseling
- Credit workshops and counseling
- Financial and credit workshops and counseling
- First-time home buyer program
Helpful Resources
Enterprise Center Workshop and Class Schedule and Registration:
Call 744-2362 for schedule and registration.
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