SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

• Small Business Association (SBA)
  
  550 West "C" Street, Suite 530
  San Diego, CA 92101-3500
  619-557-7250, Fax: 619-557-5894
  
  The U.S. Small Business Administration provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses. With a portfolio of business loans, loan guarantees and disaster loans worth more than $45 billion, in addition to a venture capital portfolio of $13 billion, the SBA is the nation's largest single financial backer of small businesses. Last year, the SBA offered management and technical assistance to more than one million small business owners.
  
  
• Service Core Of Retired Executives (SCORE)
  
  550 West "C" Street, Suite 530
  San Diego, CA 92101-3500
  619-557-7272
  
  Since 1964, SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” has provided more than 6 million aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners with practical, real-world advice for starting and managing a small business. Throughout 2004, the SCORE Association and its network of 389 chapters in all 50 states and the U.S. territories will celebrate “40 Years of Volunteer Service.”
  
  
• Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
  Small Business Development Centers provide resources to assist developing businesses and to existing businesses for achieving business goals.
  
  
  • Small Business Development Center
    North San Diego County
    
    1823 Mission Avenue
    Oceanside, Ca 92054
    760-795-8740, Fax: 760-795-8728
    Hosted by Mira Costa College
    
    
  • The Small Business Development & International Trade Center (SBDITC) 
    South San Diego County
    
    900 Otay Lakes Road, Bldg 1600
    619-482-6391, Fax: 619-482-6402
    Hosted by Southwestern College
     
    
• Community Development Corporation (CDC) Small Business Finance Corporation
  
  925 Fort Stockton Drive
  San Diego, CA 92103
  800-611-5170, 619-291-3594, Fax: 619-291-6954
  

          CDC Small Business Finance Corp. is the nations #1 lender certified by the
          U.S. Small Business Administration to offer long-term, fixed-rate financing 
          and other business financing programs.