Small businesses are the driving force of each economy and provide necessary resources for local residents. Communities are committed to aiding their small business owners in growing and expanding their ventures. They reach this goals developing programs for local growth. How such programs engage anchor institutions along with larger corporate entities and public agencies to create quality opportunities for small business owners?

Additionally, how communities assist emerging business owners with access to local insight and resources to facilitate capacity-building and growth in their ventures? How small business professionals provide assistance to neighborhood business organizations and stakeholders of commercial corridors and other distressed areas of cities?