SAMA has two Small Business Specialists (SBS) serving different areas and providing Technical Assistance throughout the cities of Hartford and New Haven
The Small Business Specialist delivers the following services:
- Coordinating and planning marketing events
- Scheduling meetings for merchants
- Attending community meetings
- Helping develop Business Plans
- Collaborating with other merchants groups
- Working on the development of new entrepreneurs
- Assisting in the relocation of new businesses to target areas
- Promoting and tracking job creation
- Preparing loan presentations to the SAMA’s Loan Committees, as well as other financial institutions
- Attending community meetings
- Assisting with licenses and permits
- Computer training assistance
- Grand Openings
SAMA’s specialists have become highly specialized and community-focused, serving the complex needs of English and non-English speaking business owners, especially Latino, which represent a high percentage of small business owners in the inner cities.