• Small Business Counseling

    Are you looking to start your own business? Does your entrepreneurial spirit keep you awake at night with innovative ideas and wild dreams of success? Do you need advice or financial assistance to get your business off the ground?

    Then you could use the complimentary services of our partners: SCORE and SBDC of New York.

     

  • Did you know there is free business counseling available in our region? Through SCORE, you can meet with a volunteer small business mentor who can guide you through any stage of your business. SCORE is a network of mentors that can help you start, grow, or transition your business.

    Mentoring works! Small business owners who receive three or more hours of mentoring report higher revenues and increased growth.

    Simply visit www.score.org and click on Find a Mentor to get connected to a mentor near you.

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  • The Small Business Development Center is thrilled to announce that they will once again be offering FREE business advisement at the ARCC office every other Wednesday starting on March 1st. All sessions are 1-on-1, confidential, and can be about anything to help your business start, grow, access capital, or any other business topic. If you would like to book an hour appointment with an advisor, please go to https://nysbdc.org/selector/ReqForCons/formo.aspx to fill out appointment request form and indicate that you’d like to work out of the ARCC offices. If you could like to learn more about the SBDC, reach out to Greg Chanese at gchanese@albany.edu

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  • Small Business Resources

  • Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board

    The Lake Champlain - Lake George Regional Planning Board (LCLGRPB) is a regional planning and development organization that represents five counties in Upstate New York.
     
    Business Loan Program

    The LCLGRPB operates a Small Business Loan Fund to assist locally owned and operated businesses with start-up and expansion costs with the goal of revitalizing communities, downtown areas, and economic districts or to provide a needed service for a community.

    Loan area available to for-profit businesses that are physically located within Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Washington Counties of New York State. Click here for more information.

     

    Small Business Technical Assistance Program

    The Small Business Technical Assistance Program provides existing and start-up small businesses within Clinton, Essex, Hamilton, Warren, and Washington Counties with free technical assistance provided by professional business consultants. Click here for more information.
     
     

  • Adirondack Economic Development Corp.

    Adirondack Economic Development Corp. (AEDC) is a 501c3 non-profit economic development organization and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) based in Saranac Lake, NY. Since 1976, AEDC has provided business training, lending and technical assistance to underserved populations and to new and existing businesses throughout Northern New York State. Visit their website to learn more.

  • Advocacy. Education. Connection. Collaboration.