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Birmingham Business Resource Center
Birmingham Business Resource Center (BBRC) is a one-stop small business development agency dedicated to providing entrepreneurs with access to capital and technical assistance for all phases/stages of business development.
BBRC provides services and resources that are utilized by all types of businesses, large and small, that meet the financial needs of the potential as well as already exiting business owner.
- Established small business development agency that participated in the origination of over $80 million dollars in loans since 1996
- Structured loan programs from $1,000 to $1.5 Million designed to fit the needs of a wide variety of business owners
- Committed supporter of programs aimed at assisting small business owners
- Facilitator of Premier FastTrac and Listening to Your Business entrepreneur training programs through the Kauffman Foundation
- Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) provides help with the Internal Revenue Service for low-income families
- Sponsor of the Technical Assistance Group (TAG) that provides counseling assistance to program participants in the form of workshops and seminars
- Community Partnerships and Affiliations
- City of Birmingham
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
- Alabama Micro-Enterprise Network (AMEN)
- Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce
- South Regions Minority Business Council (SRMBC)
- National Community Reinvestment Coalition
"Our goal is to give business owners access to capital through a variety of loans programs and resources, along with the skills needed to develop, manage and grow their businesses’ potential for success."
For more information, please contact:
Robert Dickerson, Jr.
Birmingham Business Resource Center
1500 1st Avenue North Suite B-108
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
(205) 250-6380
(205) 250-6384
www.bbrc.biz
Advanced Planning Services, LLC
Advanced Planning Services, LLC is a full-service company that specializes in meeting planning, exhibit management, program development and small business training.
It is said that successful entrepreneurs are passionate about what they do. We formed our company in 1993 to turn our passion into a business reality. Selected accomplishments include:
- Planned and managed media hospitality suite and international media reception for the 1996 Olympic Soccer Games played in Birmingham, Alabama
- Secured major clients
- Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.
- Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC
- Alabama Power Company
- Built a reputation as a company with high standards for professionalism and quality service and performance
- Awarded the South Regions Minority Business Council Service Company of the Year Award
- Established a strong network of business and community resources
- South Regions Minority Business Council
- Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce African American Business Council
- Central Alabama Women’s Business Center
- The Birmingham Business Resource Center
We are a small company and we pride ourselves on our ability to deliver quality services. We know that our clients value an event that is efficiently planned and professionally implemented and we are committed to doing just that.
We are now “Corporate by Design and Creative by Nature” but our business is still “Making Your Special Event Special!”
For more information, please contact:
Gaynelle Adams Jackson
Advanced Planning Services, LLC
P.O. Box 611209
Birmingham, Alabama 35261
(205) 856-2776
(205) 856-3776 Fax