“The establishment of the Douglas County SBDC satellite office located at the Castle Rock Sturm Collaboration Campus, will provide Colorado residents and students with access to business knowledge, tools, expertise, and capital needed to successfully launch and develop their businesses through SBDC services or in tandem with the higher education business program education,” said CSU System Chief Education Innovation Officer Becky Takeda-Tinker.
The move provides a pathway toward individual and state economic success, supplementing formal business education with small and start-up business support through workshops, training, and individualized counseling sessions, as well as access to grant and loan funding through the Federal Small Business Administration that powers the SBDC.
Marcia McGilley, executive director of the Aurora-South Metro SBDC, currently hosted by the City of Aurora, serves…