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Columbia economic team to convert local SBDC to independent Small Business Resource Center
Summary
Columbia County’s small business center will exit the statewide SBDC network and relaunch as the Columbia Small Business Resource Center (SBRC); staff said operations, advisors and programming will continue but the center will pursue new, previously restricted funding sources.
Paul Vogel of the Columbia economic team told the Economic Development Committee that the county’s small business center will transition out of the statewide Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network and revert to an independent Small Business Resource Center (SBRC).
Vogel said the center participated in the SBDC network for three years to “test drive” the model and determined the statewide…
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