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Mr. Kyle Harfst
Manager
Small Business Incubator
SIUC Office of Economic & Regional Development
150 E. Pleasant Hill Rd.
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: (618) 536-4451
Fax: (618) 453-5040
Email: Harfst@siu.edu

 

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The SIUC Small Business Incubator website is hosted and maintained by the
Office of Economic and Regional Development & Community and Business Services.
It is a partnership with the Southern Illinois Research Park.
Website design by Stan Hansen.
SIUC Small Business Incubator logo and images provided by Jeanette Johnson.

©SIUC Small Business Incubator 2002

Value Added Services Provided
_Business Coaching
_Business Planning
_Start-Up/Expansion Assistance
_Resource Networks
_Meeting Room Space
_Southern Illinois Research Park Linkage

_High Speed Internet Access
_SIUC Small Business Development Center
_Peer to Peer Networking
_Mentoring Access
_Flexible Lease Terms
_Member of the National Business Incubation
___Association

The SIUC Small Business Incubator Program
The Office of Economic and Regional Development at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale established the Small Business Incubator Program with assistance from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. This program has assisted over 50 organizations start and expand their operations since the program's inception in 1991. Presently there are 16 firms serving 100 people in the program. Housed in the Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center, located on the newly formed Southern Illinois Research Park, the Small Business Incubator is adjacent to the main campus at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
_____The SIUC Small Business Incubator Program's mission is to accelerate the start-up and expansion of small businesses in Southern Illinois. The Small Business Incubator is here to provide the guidance and consulting necessary to make sure those startups and expanding firms have the tools necessary to succeed.