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What organizations or groups are working to strengthen small neighborhood businesses in California?
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Hi LaRonda,
 
Welcome to the Community Tool Box (CTB) and Ask an Advisor, we're glad you stopped by. First, thank you for your question about organizations or groups that are working to strengthen small, neighborhood businesses in California. Hopefully, we can provide you with timely, accurate, useful, and directly applicable information. Well, in all honesty LaRonda, I'm not sure as this isn't really an area in which I'm familiar. That said, the first order of business was rooting around here in the CTB, but unfortunately I didn't come up with anything vaguely resembling such a group or organization. That got me thinking. If it were me doing this search I'd probably start with the California Small Business Association (http://www.csba.com/). Similarly, there is the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development - Office of the Small Business Advocate (http://www.business.ca.gov/Programs/SmallBusiness.aspx) which might prove useful given that they're all about advocating for small businesses. I might also check the Better Business Bureau web site (http://www.bbb.org/) in which one can find any BBB bureau in every state; they might know who is working with small, neighborhood businesses - it's kind of a stretch, but you never know. Next, and this is kind of thinking outside the box, I'd check with my local United Way as they have their finger on the pulse of who's doing what in communities and if they don't know of such a group or organization they might be able to point you in a better direction than I'm doing. The Small Business Administration is another possible resource (https://www.sba.gov/). At the top of their homepage there is a button towards the right side of the page entitled "Local Assistance." You can type in your zip code and state and it will show you the nearest office to your location; in California there are 139 such offices (who knew, right?). The only other thing I can think of is doing a Google search for business support organizations in specific neighborhoods. Not sure if any of this helps, but at least it provides a point of departure for your search.
 
So, with that LaRonda, thank you so much for visiting the CTB and for your question about groups or organizations that are working to strengthen neighborhood small businesses in California; it really is a great question as small, neighborhood businesses really are a community's economic engine and are so vital to improving conditions for those who live there. If what we provided doesn't quite hit the mark please feel free to re-visit the CTB and we'll work together to find a more suitable answer.  I wish you the best of success in your endeavor. Be well, take care, and do good work.
 
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Question Date: Mié, 06/01/2016