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 Resources for Businesses
Consulting/Training Marketing/Design Finance

 Consulting Services
Girard Coalition 
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Temple University Small Business Center
www.temple.edu/sbdc


Counselors to America's Small Businesses
www.score.org


Philadelphia's Enterprise Center
http://www.theenterprisecenter.com/


Buy USA
www.buyusa.gov/philadelphia
Helps small and medium sized businesses sell their products overseas.


Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
www.pachamber.org


Pennsylvania Economic Development Association
www.peda.org


Procurement Technical Assistance Centers
www.aptac-us.org/
Provides little or no cost help understanding the requirements of government contracting and the know how to obtain and perform such contracts.


Women's Opportunities Resource Center
www.worc-pa.com


Philadelphia Development Partnership
www.pdp-inc.org


Pennsylvania Commission for Women
www.pcw.state.pa.us
Knowledge Resources

http://www.business.gov

http:// www.entrepreneur.com

http:// money.cnn.com/smallbusiness

http:// www.smallbiztrends.com

http:// www.brandweek.com

http:// www.inc.com


 Marketing
If you would like help understanding or planning marketing
Contact Us


Joint Marketing
Work with other Girard Avenue Businesses 
Reduce Costs Increase Success

The Enterprise Center
Offers Reduced Cost Professionals to Assist Small Businesses.
http://www.theenterprisecenter.com/

Counselors to America's Small Businesses
http://www.Score.org

Claim your business on Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/
Click the "Put Your Business on Google Maps" Link

Marketing Information Sites
http://www.clickz.com
http://www.adage.com
http://www.inc.com/marketing/
Internet Marketing

Get a Free Website
http://www.officelive.com/

http://www.AdWords.com

http:// www.AdBright.com

http://www.Yahoo.com
Yahoo Search and its network of sites including eBay

https://adcenter.microsoft.com/
Microsoft, Live Search, MSN Search, Fox Sports, CNBC

http://www.MySpace.com

http:// www.Facebook.com

http:// www.Friendster.com

http://www.Blogger.com
Offers and Easy Free Blog/Website


http://technorati.com/
A Community of bloggers, if you decide to blog then join this, its free to do.


http://www.Yelp.com
There are dozens of sites like this, be aware people are talking about and rating your business as never before.
Claim your business on Yelp so that you can post special events.

http:// www.Flickr.com
Allows you to share photos, which show up in Google and Yahoo's Photo Searches.

http:// www.YouTube.com
Allows you to share video's which show up in Google and Yahoo's video searches.



 Financing
Government Loan Search
http://www.govloans.gov/

Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov

The local Philadelphia Chapter of the SBA
http://www.sba.gov/pa/phil

Philadelphia Development Partnership
http:// www.pdp-inc.org

Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition
http:// www.gpuac.org/programs/programs_econ1.html

The Enterprise Center
http://www.theenterprisecenter.com/capital.php

Womens Opportunity Resource Center
http://www.worc-pa.com

The Reinvestment Fund
Offers Loans to Purchase Real Estate, switch to sustainable energy, or to research or start a fresh grocer in an under served areas.
Also Provides Equipment Leases
http://www.trfund.com

Finanta
Takes on riskier loans then many other organizations would.
http://www.asfsc.org

 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Provides Grants and Loans to fund pollution prevention and energy efficiency
http:// www.dep.state.pa.us

 Philadelphia Commercial Development Corporation
215-790-2200

 PIDC-Local Development Corporation
215-496-8020

http:// www.export.gov
Assists American companies or foreign companies who wish to purchase American goods in getting loans to increase the number of US exports.

 Infrastructure Development Program
-Provides grants and loans to non-profits such as the Girard Coalition to assist industrial, manufacturing, research and development, and export service enterprises to fund the following improvements: energy facilities, fire and safety facilities, sewer and water systems, transportation, waste disposal facilities.
-It can also assist commercial developers who are redeveloping former industrial and commercial sites.

If you would like us to work with you to get funding for anyone of these projects Contact Us.

 North Philadelphia Financial Partnership (NPFP)
Distributes the empowerment zone funds and provides loans to small businesses
http://www.npfp.org

http://www.export.gov
Assists American companies or foreign companies who wish to purchase American goods in getting loans to increase the number of US exports.








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The Girard Coalition, Inc., 704 W. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19123 -215-825-8821, info@GirardCoalition.org