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Beyond the Beach: Local Retailers Can Thrive Year-Round

By focusing on community engagement, diversification, collaboration, and strategic support, retailers can ensure steady growth beyond the busy summer months and thrive year-round.

14 Steps to Make Your Business Legit

Ready to turn your dream of starting a business into reality? Here’s a simple list of steps that will help you lay the foundation for success in starting up.

How Do You Fix a Broken Bridge?

Many of us don’t give much thought about how to fix a broken bridge. From our view, we see a few options.

A Powerful Resource for Northwest Florida’s Small Businesses

The Florida SBDC at the UWF is a member of the Florida SBDC Network, a statewide partnership program nationally accredited by the Association of America's SBDCs and funded in part by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Department of Defense, State of Florida, and other private and public partners, with the University of West Florida serving as the network’s headquarters. Full funding disclosure available at floridasbdc.org/funding-disclosures. Florida SBDC services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Language assistance services are available for individuals with limited English proficiency.

State Designated as Florida’s Principal Provider of Business Assistance [§ 288.001, Fla. Stat.]