| Organization |
Who they serve |
Service Provided |
| AmSouth Bank |
Established and potential business owners. |
Provides retail and commecial lending, SBA loans, credit cards, and lines of credit. |
| Business Incubator - Chattanooga/Hamilton County Business Development Center |
Businesses in first year of operation, either full or part time whether service or light manufacturing, but not retail by application. |
Provides office or manufacturing space, shared support services (clerical, fax, photocopy) and conference rooms. More >> |
| Center for Entrepreneurial Growth |
Technology-based start-ups that have been accepted into the program. |
A range of busines assistance including mentoring, consulting, access to debt and equity capital, and business incubation facilities. |
Chattanooga State
Business and Community Development Center |
Local companies seeking employee assessments, job analysis, and skill training for employees. |
Occupational skills training as well as a range of technical and managerial traning programs. |
| Chattanooga Area Chamber - Small Business Council |
Small business owners |
Networking, small business advocacy |
| Chattanooga Opportunity Fund |
Chattanooga-based small businesses that meet lending critieria. |
Provides access to capital for Chattanooga's small businesses with a focus on Minority-owned, woman-owned, and early stage businesses. |
| Cornerstone Community Bank |
Established business owners |
Provides small business checking, refinancing, and startup facilities such as lines of credit. |
| First Tennessee Bank |
Established and potential business owners. |
Provides retail and commecial lending, SBA loans, credit cards, and lines of credit. |
| First Volunteer bank |
Established and potential business owners. |
Provides retail and commecial lending, SBA loans, credit cards, receivables financing, and lines of credit. |
| FSG Bank |
Established and potential business owners. |
Provides retail and commecial lending, SBA loans, credit cards, Business Manager Accounts receivable financing, and lines of credit. |
| Martin Luther King Community Development Corporation |
Established and potential business owners on Martin Luther King Boulevard and surrounding area. |
Community economic development activities focused on revitalizing the Martin Luther King Boulevard area. |
| SCORE - Service Corps of Retired Executives |
Established and potential business owners. |
Business counseling, consulting, and mentoring. |
| Southeast Community Capital |
Small businesses including minority-owned, woman-owned, early-stage, and start ups. |
Small business loans. |
| Southeast Local Development Corporation |
Established and start-up business owners |
Small business loans. |
| Southeast Women's Business Center |
Primarily women entrepreneurs, but open to any person who has an established business or would like to start a new business. |
Business counseling and training as well as small business loans. |
| Success by Design |
Economically and socially disadvantaged entrepreneurs. |
Teaches entrepreneurship skills, construction industry trades, and professional soft skills. |
| SunTrust Bank |
Established and potential busines owners. |
Provides retail and commercial lending, SBA loans, lines of credit and credit cards, plus special depository; PC banking and cash management services specifically oriented to small business. |
| Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development |
Established businesses. |
Provides infrastructure assistance for water and sewar lines and rail line extensions. Also provides some site preparation assistance, industrial training programs, and loan assistance for qualified applicants. |
| Tennessee Minority Supplier Development Council |
Economically and socially disadvantaged entrepreneurs. |
Non-profit membership organization that encourages corporations to develop and implement supplier diversity programs. Also provides training for members. |
| Tennessee Office of Minority Business Enterprise |
Potential and established minority business owners and minority contractors. |
Provides consulting and training services as well as a "Plan Room" for minority contractors to review specifications for construction job for bid. |
| Tennessee Small Business Development Center |
Entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses |
Provides business planning and management consulting. Also sponsors seminars, provides networking opportunities, and refers clients to other resource organizations. |
| TVA Economic Development Loan Fund |
New and expanding industrial companies. |
Revolving loan program for purchase of fixed assets susch as buildings, machinery, and equipment. |
| TVA Minority Business Development Loan Fund |
Economically and socially disadvantaged entrepreneurs. |
Provides loans to promote growth and expansion of minority-owned businesses. |
| TVA Valley Coalition for Minority Development |
Economically and socially disadvantaged entrepreneurs. |
Provides loans to promote growth and expansion of minority-owned businesses. |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
Established and potential business owners. |
Provides management consulting on all aspects of operating a business. |
| Urban League of Greater Chattanooga |
African American employers and employees. |
Provides a range of services including PC based courses to meet job requirements of contracting companies as well as job readiness counseling. |
| Valley Capital Corporation |
Economically and socially disadvantaged entrepreneurs. |
Provides financing and loans. |
