Small Business Development Centers

Western Reserve SBDC Consortium
Region 9


Akron SBDC
Akron Regional Development Board
Charles Smith, Director
One Cascade Plaza, 8th Floor
Akron, OH 44308
Phone: (216) 379-3170
Fax: (216) 379-3164

Kent Stark SBDC
Kent State University, Stark Campus
Amy DeGeorge, Coordinator
6000 Frank Ave., N.W.
Canton, Ohio 44720
Phone: (216) 499-9600
Fax: (216) 494-6121

Kent Regional Alliance SBDC
Kent State University Partnership
Linda Yost, Director
Kent State University
College of Business Administration, Room 302
Kent, Ohio 44242
Phone: (216) 672-2750
Fax: (216) 672-2448


Other services in this region include:

Akron MCBAP
East Akron Neighborhood Dev. Corp.
Safe Harbor Incubator/City of Akron MCBAP
Ed Hopson, Director
1046 S. Arlington St.
Akron, Ohio 44308
Phone: (216) 773-2596
Fax: (216) 773-2992

Akron-WEGO
Women's Entrepreneurial Growth Organization
Akron University
Susan Hale, Acting Director
58 W. Center St., P.O. Box 544
Akron, OH 44309
Phone: (216) 535-9346
Fax: (216) 535-4523

Women's Business Development Center Pyramid Career Services
Zandra Bloom, Director
2401 Cleveland Avenue NW
Canton, Ohio 44709
Phone: (216) 453-3767
Fax: (216) 453-6079

Women's Network
Marlene Miller, Director of Mentoring Program
1540 West Market Street, Suite #100
Akron, Ohio 44313
Phone: (216) 864-5636
Fax: (216) 864-6526

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Last modified: June 04, 2003
Last Updated: 02/28/96