The Bel Alton High School Alumni Association Community Development Center serves a target population in Charles County. The Center houses small businesses and programs including day care, adult education, information technology training, youth mentoring and a cafe' and banquet hall. The project will give significant stimulus to an under served target population in need of programs that promote jobs, self-help and self-sufficiency.
Typically, the BAC will assist small business owners in a number of ways:
BAC provides consulting services to start-up and existing small businesses. Our services are provided by capable and experienced independent consultants for a nominal fee.
BAC training focuses on comprehensive entrepreneurship training and other training to enhance the development and growth of small and minority businesses. All Training utilizes state-of-the-art business development concepts and strategies to enhance the growth of businesses. Our presenters are experts in their respective fields.
Critical to the success of your small business is access to current information/data for research. BAC's information center is equipped with various business publications and periodicals, as well as computer workstations with links to useful sites and resources.
BAC has established a referral network of private and public resource partners to complement our service delivery; i.e., accountants, attorneys, lenders, SBA, etc.
The BAC Incubator is colocated with the Bel Alton HS Alumni Association CDC. The general business incubator was established to provide a conducive environment to facilitate the growth of emerging companies.
The BAC Incubator provides flexible, cost-effective service leases for unfurnished office space ranging from 99 - 1,139 square feet. Businesses get a corporate business address and access to:
Onsite services include management and technical assistance for business owners. Onsite catering services for meetings are available upon request.