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/
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.