The Tioga County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that it will continue its free small business counseling in 2009.  The Chamber is host to both SCORE and SBDC advisors.  SBDC are available for appointments the first Thursday of each month and SCORE representatives are available for appointments on all other Thursdays.

 SCORE provides no-cost counseling to new and existing businesses. SCORE is an all volunteer organization made up of experienced business people who are willing to share their many years of learning and expertise to the new or existing entrepreneur. The advice and assistance is always straight forward, with the hope that they can truly make every person who seeks our assistance successful. The counseling sessions typically are approximately one hour in length. For more information on SCORE, please visit: www.greaterbinghamton score.org 

 The New York State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has been providing no-cost help to small business through all phases of growth for over 20 years.  Their goal is to help entrepreneurs, business and industry solve problems.  Helping these businesses leads to their increased productivity and profitability, this in turn contributes to the stability and growth of the small business sector and the economy. For more information on NYS SBDC  visit: www.sbdc.binghamton.edu.