Longwood SBDC outlines client impact and asks for county support
Summary
Dana Nye of the Longwood Small Business Development Center briefed supervisors on regional impact — 699 clients served, 33 businesses started, 147 jobs created, $17M capital investment and $101M in client-reported sales last year — and pitched programs (commercialization growth lab, ICAP, capital pathways) and marketing/toolkits for Charlotte County businesses.
Dana Nye, director for Longwood SBDC's Central Region, presented program results and services available to Charlotte County businesses and asked for continued county support and promotion.
Nye said the regional SBDC network provided no-cost, one-on-one consulting and training, and she listed impact metrics reported by clients: 699 clients served, 27 training sessions, 33 businesses started, 147 jobs created, about $17,000,000 in capital investment and roughly $101,000,000 in client-reported sales. Nye emphasized these numbers are report-based from clients and not SBDC projections. She described evolving programs — a commercialization growth lab for second-stage companies, ICAP international commercialization assistance, new capital-pathways support for nonprofits, veteran and cybersecurity programs, and craft-beverage assistance — and explained SBDC data and market-research services (JobsEQ, ESRI, IBISWorld) that can help with site selection and market studies.
Nye offered county staff marketing toolkits, lobby materials and access to data products and asked the board to help fund and promote SBDC services to local businesses. Board members asked about how SBDC materials are shared; staff confirmed brochures and rack cards are available in the county lobby and libraries.
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