The Atlanta Chapter works in the same office with the SBA District Team. Recently the U.S. Small Business Administration Georgia District team. had a News Release:

Many small business owners have been come to The Atlanta Chapter of SCORE for help with cutting costs, getting capital, streamlining operations and finding new customers. SCORE offices across the country are staffed with volunteer experts who have experience in finance, accounting, management, marketing and strategic planning. Visit http://www.scoreatlanta.org/counseling.htm#facetoface to learn more about signing up for free counseling.

Atlanta SCORE and the District SBA offices join in an on going effort to assist the e-200 graduate group of 14 inner-city firms in a follow-up program as part this free management training initiative. For more details on this exciting program, and its new class for 2009, go to http://www.sba.gov/e200/. Our program, set for March 18, will include Focus Groups to determine what type of topics businesses need in today’s fast changing market place.

volatile marketplace. SCORE will then develop some workshops that will be made available to its clientele. For a list of our present workshops go to https://www.123signup.com/servlet/SignUpMember?PG=1532165182300&P=153216500.

The second part of the program will be a speed counseling session to ascertain the individual company’s needs and assign a mentor to help with solving the problems. The local IKEA Store has opened its resources to house this program. Thank you IKEA.