Partners & Resources

Small Business Workshops

In business? Starting a business? Expanding your current business? Open for Business is a FREE business development session designed to encourage and support small business throughout the state. Each meeting provides existing and startup businesses a one-stop-shop to access the various organizations, agencies, and resource partners who assist small businesses in Delaware. Come join the small business community and resource partners in your county and take advantage of this FREE Open for Business event. Walk-ins are Welcome!

We Are Here To HELP Build The Dream!

When: the First Thursday of each Month (except July)

Where: Kent County Levy Court Building, Room 220
             555 Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901

Time: 8:30am – 10:00am

For more information, please visit http://www.cdcc.net/education/open/.

Are you coming to Dover and want to learn more about Kent County? 
Visit Kent County Tourism: www.VisitDelawareVillages.com or call 302-734-4888 x103

Resource Partners

• Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce (CDCC)
  302-734-7513     www.cdcc.net
• Delaware Center for Enterprise Development (DCED)
  302-857-6954     www.desu.edu/dced
• Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT)
  302-760-2035     www.dbe.deldot.gov
• Delaware Economic Development
  302-577-8708     www.dedo.delaware.gov
• Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership (DEMEP)
  302-283-3131     www.demep.org
• DE Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC)
  302-856-1555     www.dsbtdc.org
• Delaware Technical Community College
  302-857-1400     www.dtcc.edu/terry
• Downtown Development District (DDD) Grant Program
  302-739-4263     www.destatehousing.com
• Downtown Dover Partnership
  302-678-2940     www.downtowndoverpartnership.com
• First State Community Loan Fund
  302-652-6774     www.firststateloan.org
• Government Support Services (GSS) – Contracting Unit and Office of Supplier Diversity (OSD)
  Contracting Unit: 302-857-4554 and 302-857-4550
  Contracting: gss.omb.delaware.gov/contracting
  Supplier Diversity: gss.omb.delaware.gov/osd
• Kent Economic Partnership, Inc.
  302-674-3028     www.kentpartnership.org
• SCORE Delaware
  302-697-3838     www.scoredelaware.org
• University of Delaware SBDC Procurement Technical Assistance Center
  302-831-0780    www.delawareptac.org
• U.S. Small Business Administration
  302-573-6294     www.sba.gov/de
• USDA Rural Development, Business and Cooperative Programs
  302-857-3588     www.rurdev.usda.gov/DE_Home.html

Loan Programs

Small Business loans are available through some of our banking partners. Please view the Bankers List for contact information.