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Regional Economic Development Center
The University of Memphis |
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| Name: | Regional Economic Development Center
The University of Memphis |
| Address: | 208 McCord Hall
Memphis, Tennessee 38152 |
| Telephone: | 901 678-2056 |
| Web Site: | http://planning.memphis.edu/ |
| Days Open: | Monday-Friday |
| Hours Open: | 8:00-4:30 (call for appointment) |
| Director: | Steve Redding |
| Email: | tredding@memphis.edu |
| Purpose: | To encourage economic development by stimulating job-producing activities. The Center specializes in economic and community development projects. |
| Eligibility: | Both public and private sector; both start-ups and existing businesses; businesses must be located within the 47-county area of West and Middle Tennessee (west of Nashville). |
| Fees: | The Center must charge a break-even fee. The cost varies depending on the complexity of the project. |
| Services: |
- Small Business Assistance in areas such as product design and development; business management counseling; feasibility studies; loan packaging for loans and loan guarantees by EDA, SBA, FmHA, and SBIC; entrepreneurial counseling; identification of firms with export trade potential; foreign market development assistance.
- Technical Assistance for community and economic development: industrial development strategies; identification and selection of industrial development sites; development of social, economic, and business data banks. Feasibility studies.
- Library of Planning Materials open to the public by appointment.
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