Business owners, entrepreneurs invited to free consultations

Small Towns
Contact(s)

Kim Preston, Center for Rural Affairs Women's Business Center director, kimp@cfra.org, 402.687.2100 ext. 1008; or Rhea Landholm, brand marketing and communications manager, rheal@cfra.org, 402.687.2100 ext. 1025

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA – Free one-on-one small business consultations are available by appointment on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Kim Preston, Center for Rural Affairs Women’s Business Center director, will be available at the Lincoln Community Foundation Building, 215 Centennial Mall S #100, in Lincoln. In 2018, appointment dates are Oct. 23, Nov. 13 and 27, and Dec. 11.

Center for Rural Affairs provides business training, technical assistance, microloans, and networking to small businesses in Nebraska. The program is designed to assist businesses with 10 or fewer employees, self-employed, full-time, part-time, home-based, startup, and store-front businesses.

The Center for Rural Affairs also participates with the Alice Integrity Loan Fund, founded by Alice Dittman of Lincoln. These small business loans are available to businesses located in Butler, Cass, Colfax, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe, Platte, Saline, Saunders, and Seward counties.

Appointments are required by contacting Preston at 402.687.2100 ext. 1008 or by calling 402.477.0015.

More information can be found at cfra.org.

 

Established in 1973, the Center for Rural Affairs is a private, non-profit organization working to strengthen small businesses, family farms and ranches, and rural communities through action oriented programs addressing social, economic, and environmental issues.

Center for Rural Affairs receives funding from the Small Business Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Nebraska Business and Innovation Act through the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, U.S. Department of Treasury, Peter Kiewit Foundation, and other sources. Women’s Business Center is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All Small Business Administration funded programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities and/or persons with limited English proficiency will be made if requested in advance. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.