Small Business Services Center

The Small Business Services Center strives to provide small and emerging businesses with resources necessary to succeed. This is accomplished through educational opportunities via classes, roundtable discussions and business coaching and mentoring, while providing a network for small businesses to support and learn from one another.

Small Business is the life blood of any great community and Cumming and Forsyth County is no different. With great access to the metro Atlanta market in terms of infrastructure support, consumer demand and availability of growth capital, the Small Business Service Center was created to meet the needs of our community’s small business while facilitating the transfer of ideas and opportunities to our small business owners. Consider the following:

• Forsyth County continues to be ranked as one of the fastest growing county’s in the nation
• 67 % of Chamber members have 5 or fewer employees
• 70+ % of the State’s growth potential comes from the Small Business Community

The SBSC assists the Cumming and Forsyth County Small Business Owner through the use of segmented business units outlined below. The 2010 SBSC Business Plan is also available. For more information on the SBSC, please contact Jason Mock, Director of Small Business Services, at jmock@cummingforsythchamber.org or 770.887.6461.

Services:

• Classes, Seminars, and Resources
• SCORE Partnership
• Business Roundtable
• Small Business Expo
• Professional Development
• Women Who Mean Business Group (WWMB)
• Small Business Advisory Committee
• Healthcare Association (HCA)

Small Business Tool Kit:

• Creating a Business Plan 
• Organizational Development
• Getting Financing for Your Business
• Licensing and Permits
• Location
• Zoning
• Outreach and Marketing
• 90 Day Plan
• One Year Plan
• Update Your Business Plan
• Other Resources and Templates
• Contact Us

Small Business Advisory Council:

• Co-Chair John Kieffer, Cumming Station
• Co-Chair Bob Russell, Russell Landscape Group
• John Heath, ReMax 400
• Becky Brown, North Georgia Accounting
• Steve Northam, Phoenix University
• Steve Bloom, SCORE
• Paul Castell, SCORE
• Thom Smith, BB&T
• Jane O'Gorman, NGCSU
• Ruben Boling, NGCSU
• Torri Westmoreland, WWMB