The city of Fort Worth is looking for ways to streamline the planning and resources provided at the Devoyd Jennings Business Assistance Center to ensure that it meets the needs of exits in the city’s small business area.
BAC is currently home to the city’s Department of Economic Development, in addition to other partners who are part of Fort Worth’s small-business ecosystem, including Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce, Southeast Fort Worth Inc., Regional Hispanic Contractor Association, Tarrant. Small Business Development Center, SCORE Fort Worth and others. The BAC is also part of the James E. Guinn Entrepreneurial Campus, which includes organizations such as TechFW and Accelerate DFW.
The city’s Department of Economic Development is expected to enter City Hall at 100 Energy Way when construction is completed on the former Pier 1 Imports building, leaving vacant offices and other facilities that could be given a new purpose through new or expanded projects, partnerships. or in other new ways.
To help shape BAC’s future, the Department of Economic Development is partnering with FUSE Executive Fellow, Kay West, to work on building BAC skills in a balanced way, so it is fully equipped to help new generations of small business owners through their business trips.
As part of this effort, the Department of Economic Development is looking for solutions to what the region would like to see in a balanced, robust Business Assistance Center, which will further grow and strengthen Fort Worth’s growing economy.
Residents are asked to complete the Business Help Center Survey and provide feedback Aug. 1 before arrival.
Illustration: The BAC is home to several organizations that are part of Fort Worth’s small-business ecosystem.
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