City of Austin Small Business Development Program SBDP stands for Small Business Development Program. We provide counseling and assistance to small businesses. Our focus, as our name implies, is to develop and empower small businesses in order to strengthen their business capability and survivability. Our goal is to help you succeed in today's business environment! No matter what your business needs, we are here to help you grow!
PeopleFund PeopleFund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote economic vitality and opportunity in low-income communities by providing financial services and technical assistance that will:
- Create jobs;
- Provide needed goods and services;
- Improve the physical environment;
- Promote diversity in entreprenurial success; and
- Build individual and community assets.
Peoplefund provides financing and comprehensive technical assistance services to businesses, community organizations and affordable housing ventures in Austin's lower-income communities.
The American Independent Business Alliance
The American Independent Business Alliance helps organizers start and sustain Independent Business Alliances (IBAs).
- Provides IBAs with resources, templates, how-to's, advice and information to get started and grow
- Keeps IBAs abreast of important news, research and resources to inform local campaigns and outreach
- Networks IBAs to help them share ideas, solve problems and succeed
- Stages presentations and writes to a national audience about the vital work of IBAs and the important issues at play
- Coordinates IBAs in national campaigns
The New Rules Project
Does outstanding work to promote local ownership and community empowerment. Their site lists dozens of examples of local and state policies.
Hometown Advantage Bulletin
The Hometown Advantage Bulletin is a free monthly email newsletter reporting on efforts nationwide to stop chain store proliferation and support locally owned, independent retail businesses. Learn about land use policies and other tools that can protect the character and vitality of your hometown. Find out how other communities are bucking the "big box" retail trend and encouraging small-scale, homegrown businesses - and why this approach is proving far more beneficial to the local economy. Plus, news on e-commerce, independent business alliances, development subsidies, antitrust, and all the latest resources.
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance
A nonprofit research and educational organization that provides technical assistance and information on environmentally sound economic development strategies. They've got a great page of links to organizations concerned with community sustainability.
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