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The Business Development Resource
Center (BDRC) of Workforce Development and Community Services facilitates economic
growth, job creation, job retention, and greater business success by providing
support, resources, solutions, referrals, and training opportunities for start-up
to established businesses. Services
- Training Opportunities/Workshops
- Business Resource Center
- Library of books and magazines
- Computers with Internet access
- SCORE counselors (free of charge)
- Consultants
Support and Solutions
- Assistance with writing business plans
- Grant availability assistance
- Networking opportunities
- Access to job fairs
- Access to loan providers
- Business needs assessments
- Customized training opportunities
- Conference planning and meeting space
rentals
- Performance Solutions Consulting
Networking Opportunities
Leveraging relationships with:
- Chambers of commerce
- Local municipalities
- Economic Development Council for the
Southwest Suburbs
- Workforce Development and Community
Services
Business Consulting
Management consulting services are available free of charge to
in-district
start-up businesses through SCORE counselors and industry professionals until
the business is fiscally sound. In-district established businesses will incur a
fee. Out-of-district clients will be charged a fee for services. Business
Development Resource Center consultants provide assistance in virtually all
business disciplines.
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