Our Services

AEDC...

• Works with would-be business owners to develop formal business plans that provide a true roadmap to success
• Runs a comprehensive entrepreneurship-training course taught by certified instructors
• Offers business loans for those looking to get started or to take their business to the next level
• Provides one-on-one intensive counseling to microentrepreneurs for their start-up or existing businesses, including minority or women-owned business (M/WBE) certification
• Connects clients to loan funds for capital access
• Offers Financial Literacy training
  

NUMBERS IN A SNAPSHOT:

• AEDC, with our partners, has made over 750 loans, totaling over $19 million dollars
• Business loans made by AEDC over the last 10 years alone provided for 350 new jobs, 360 retained jobs and nearly $10 million in regional sales
• Cumulative economic effect to the struggling local communities over the past three decades - including business revenue generated, sales taxes paid, payroll and payroll expenditures, and capital improvements - easily exceeds $100 million in today’s dollars