20 New Women’s Business Centers in 2021
January 4, 2020 – Today’s twenty Women’s Business Center (WBC) grant awards by the Small Business Administration (SBA) are a long overdue expansion of the only federal program dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs. As the advocate for this program, AWBC fought to secure the resources necessary for today’s announcement and to put WBCs in more communities than ever. We applaud Congressional investment in women business owners that enable the commendable awards made today.
This expansion, the largest in the program’s 32-year history, comes at time of great peril for America’s 12 million women-owned businesses. As we enter a period of economic recovery, the 136 WBCs nationwide, will continue to support women business owners with the vital services necessary to enable continuous growth, such as accessing capital, mentoring, and networking. AWBC is committed to offering best practices to the WBC network and advocate for women’s entrepreneurship as we enter 2021 and beyond. The 20 new Women’s Business Centers are as follows:
Alabama
1. Regional Economic Assistance for Communicating Hope (REACH) Catalyst Women’s Business Center – Clanton, Alabama
Arizona
2. Chicanos Pro La Causa, Inc. (CPLC’s) Women’s Business Center – Phoenix, Arizona
California
3. El Pajaro Regional Women’s Business Center – Monterey, California
4. Mission Community Women’s Business Center serving Kern County – Bakersfield, California
Georgia
5. Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs (ACE) Savannah Women’s Business Center – Savannah, Georgia
Maine
6. Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) WBC South – Portland, Maine
Mississippi
7. Women’s Business Center at Jackson State University (HBCU) – Jackson, Mississippi
Missouri
8. New Growth Women’s Business Center, West Central – Springfield, Missouri
Montana
9. Missoula Women’s Business Center – Missoula, Montana
Nebraska
10. GROW Nebraska Women’s Business Center (GNWBC) – Omaha, Nebraska
New York
11. Women’s Enterprise and Development, Mid-Hudson – Hudson, New York
North Carolina
12. Winston Salem State University (WSSU) Women’s Business Center (HBCU) – Winston Salem, North Carolina
Ohio
13. Women’s Business Center of Central Appalachia – Portsmouth, Ohio
Pennsylvania
14. Women’s eBusiness Center of Excellence – Erie, Pennsylvania
Tennessee
15. The Women’s Business Center South – Memphis, Tennessee
South Carolina
16. South Carolina Women’s Business Center – Charleston, South Carolina
South Dakota
17. South Dakota Women’s Business Center (East) – Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Texas
18. Women’s Business Center of Montgomery County, East Harris County, and West Chambers County – Houston, Texas
Virginia
19. Women’s Business Center of Richmond – Richmond, Virginia
Wisconsin
20. Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation Southwest – La Crosse, Wisconsin
