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Kent Economic Partnership
www.kentpartnership.org
The partnership works to attract new businesses to the area, while ensuring that established companies continue to thrive.
New Castle County Office of Economic Development www.nccde.org/756/ economic-development
The office’s main priority is to
help new, developing and existing businesses grow and contribute to the local economy. That includes helping local and national companies navigate government regulations and the permitting process.
SBDC (Small Business Development Center)
www.delawaresbdc.org
The Delaware SBDC is part of the University of Delaware’s Office
of Economic Innovation and
Partnerships (see page 139). Both organizations are guided by a mission to develop the university and state’s entrepreneurial, technology and business community.
SCORE Delaware
delaware.score.org
SCORE provides free, confidential, face-to-face interactions with certified business mentors.
Seedcopa + SeedcoDE
www.seedcopa.com
Supported by federal, state and local agencies, Seedcopa + SeedcoDE’s loan programs help businesses in Pennsylvania and Delaware grow and create jobs. Possible benefits include a long-term, below-market fixed interest rate and less money out
of pocket.
RESOURCES
DELAWARE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: DEDICATED TO DRIVING ECONOMIC GROWTH
www.dbrt.org
The Delaware Business Roundtable is a non-partisan, volunteer consortium of CEOs whose companies collectively employ more than 75,000 people in Delaware.
Since its inception in 1981, the Roundtable’s broad mission has been to enhance the quality of life in Delaware by promoting commerce, job creation and select public policy issues. In recent years, the Roundtable also has been a leading supporter of public education transformation and entrepreneurs in Delaware.
Members include executives from many Delaware companies including CSC, AAA Mid-Atlantic, Bayhealth, Capital One 360, Delmarva, Verizon, WSFS, M&T, JP Morgan Chase, Christiana Care and DuPont.
“We are committed to promoting economic prosperity and growth,” says Executive Director Bob Perkins. “The Roundtable provides leadership on broad public policy issues that are critically important to Delaware’s economy, and we encourage policymakers to relentlessly focus on ways to create jobs and promote commerce statewide.”
The Roundtable was instrumental in laying the groundwork for the creation of the Delaware Prosperity Partnership, the new public-private economic development body that is working to expand the state’s economy by at-
tracting jobs, talent and capital investment.
Since its inception, the Delaware Prosperity Partnership
has put a strong leadership team in place and is busy work- ing to bring jobs to Delaware by welcoming businesses of all sizes and creating an even more welcoming business climate.
These goals align with the Roundtable’s Delaware Growth Agenda, which outlines three overarching goals for the state:
1. Create and nurture an entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem
2. Create a new approach to economic development via a public-private partnership
3. Improve the state’s overall business climate.
To achieve these goals, the Roundtable advocates for
public policies that improve the business environment in Delaware, strengthen the state’s long-term finances, bring about meaningful change in public education and create a safe and welcoming environment in all Delaware commu- nities.
“Delaware is a great place to live and do business,” Perkins says. “We must all work together to ensure our economy is growing and we are creating a welcoming envi- ronment for businesses, their employees and their families so we can be an economic leader for generations to come.”
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