Expert Business Counseling Now Available In Chamber Office

Adequate information and expert guidance are critical to business success. Free business training and counseling and access to small business loans now are available to Chamber members right in the Chamber office through a new partnership with the Northwest Women's Business Center, the U.S. Small Business Administration, Community Capital Development and the Washington State PTAC (Procurement Technical Assistance Center).

Tiffany McVeety, director of the Northwest Women's Business Center, and John Tamble, PTAC program manager, are available for private counseling sessions every week in the Chamber’s downtown Everett office.

These one-on-one counseling services are designed to help business owners interested in starting or growing a business. Areas of expertise include general management, marketing, financial planning, contract procurement, feasibility analyses of a new business idea, assistance in writing a business plan, preparing a loan application, and human resources and staffing decisions. The PTAC program provides education, assistance and support to companies interested in doing business with the federal government.

“Adequate information and expert guidance are among the most critical components for business success,” said Everett Area Chamber President Louise Stanton-Masten. “The Chamber’s ability to provide these critical services furthers one of our most important business goals: to help our community’s business owner succeed.”

To schedule a business couseling appointment, contact the Chamber at 425-257-3222. All SBA-funded programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.