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Small Business Development Centers (SBDC)
Overview
Provides individual, confidential assistance and seminars on small business topics. There are eight regional centers, with five having at least one associate center located at a regional community college. The location of each center, its telephone number and Web site is listed below, along with the name of any associate center(s) and the counties served.

There are eight regions listed along with the University or College that is hosting the center, the phone number, web site, satellite community colleges, and counties included in the region.

State Web Site
Small Business Development Center information is also available as a map.

Regions
Region 1: Fort Hays State University, (785) 628-5615.
Counties include Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Osborne, Pawnee, Phillips, Rawlins, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Thomas, Trego, and Wallace.

Region 2: Emporia State University, (620) 341-5308.
Counties include Chase, Coffey, Greenwood, Lyon, Marion, Morris, Osage, and Woodson.

Region 3: Garden City Community College, (620) 276-9632.
Counties include Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Kiowa, Lane, Meade, Morton, Ness, Scott, Seward, Stanton, Stevens, and Wichita.

Region 4: Johnson County Community College, (913) 469-3878.
Kansas City, Kansas Community College. Counties include Johnson, Miami, and Wyandotte.

Region 5: Pittsburg State University, (620) 235-4920.
Allen County Community College, Coffeeville Community College, Fort Scott Community College, Independence Community College, Labette Community College, and Neosho County Community College. Counties include Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Labette, Linn, Montgomery, Neosho, and Wilson.
Region 6: University of Kansas, (785) 843-8844.
Counties include Atchison, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, and Leavenworth.

Region 7: Washburn University, (785) 234-3235, Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, (785) 587-9917.
Counties include Brown, Geary, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee,

Region 8: Wichita State University, (316) 978-3193.
Cloud Community College. Counties include Barber, Butler, Clay, Cloud, Cowley, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Jewell, Kingman, Lincoln, McPherson, Mitchell, Ottawa, Pratt, Reno, Republic, Rice, Saline, Sedgwick, Stafford, Sumner, and Washington.

KSBDC Lead Center State Office:  (785) 296-6514

To accommodate people with disabilities, auxiliary aides and services will be provided on request, and reasonable modifications to policies and programs will be made on request as a reasonable accommodation.
Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns
1000 SW Jackson Street Suite 100, Topeka, KS 66612-1354
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