The South Carolina Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will be hosting the Starting A Business: Let's Make A Plan virtual workshop on Wednesday, December 6th beginning at 12:00PM.  Hear from SBDC consultant Brent Hoover along with representatives from the USCA Pacer Center as he discusses the benefits of creating a business plan and leveraging it to get loans, understanding your market, focusing your business strategy, checking financial numbers and more! For more information and to register, click...

The City of Columbia's Community Development Department presents the Tenants and Landlords Rights & Responsibilities Workshop on Thursday, January 18, 2024 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center beginning at 6:00PM. Topics that will be discussed during this workshop include: Reporting issues in subsidized housing/tenant based Section 8 Code Enforcement Housing Discrimination Evictions & Housing Legal Information Uniform Relocation Act For more information and to register, click here to go to the event registration page!

Join the South Carolina Small Business Development Center (SC SBDC) on Thursday, January 25th for the How To Write An Effective Business Plan webinar!  This free webinar will discus information on writing an executive summary, the purpose of a business plan, and more! For more information, contact Bobby Carolyn Strange at (843)740-6160.  The deadline to register is Wednesday, January 24th!  This is a Zoom online event, the Zoom link will be emailed after registration closes.

The South Carolina Department of Commerce and Richland County are partnering with Scout Motors to provide an in-person supplier event.  This is a FREE event and open to all South Carolina companies, however registration is required.  For more information and to register, click here to go to Scout Motors Eventbrite page!

Join the City of Columbia on Wednesday, January 31st beginning at 10:00AM to discuss recent contractor updates!  The City of Columbia's Office of Business Opportunities and Procurement and Contracts Office will be providing information for contractors who are interested in opportunities with the City of Columbia! For more information and questions, please contact Gary Porth, Construction Procurement Manager at (803)545-3241 or send an email to [email protected]!  To register for this event, click here!

Richland Library's Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Michele Dugar will present How to Design a Business That You Love on Wednesday, February 21st at 6:00PM! During this presentation, Michele will teach participants on how to align your passion and purpose with profit and address ways to avoid feeling overwhelmed in the process! For more information and to register, click here to go to Richland Library's EiR webpage!  

The City of Columbia is pleased to announce the launch of the Toms Creek Family Farms Mobile Food Market! A press conference will be held on Thursday, February 22nd at 11:00AM at the City of Columbia's Hyatt Park, 950 Jackson Avenue, Columbia, SC 29203. To read more, click here to the City of Columbia's Press Release!

The Richland County Office of Small Business Opportunity (OSBO) is beginning their 2024 Business Workshop Academy Build-Grow-Scale will host a virtual lunch and learn workshop on Monday, February 26, 2024 beginning at 12:00PM called Understanding Your Bonding Capacity: How to Open Doors to Contracting Opportunities. Presenter Peter C. Gibbs will provide participants information and resources on what you need to know as a contractor.  To register for this event, click here to go to Richland County...

  The South Carolina Department of Commerce (SC Commerce), South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW), and the South Carolina Manufacturing Extension Partnership (SC MEP) are pleased to host the Catalyst Advanced Manufacturing Assistance Program Matchmaker. South Carolina's small and medium-sized suppliers will have the opportunity to connect with the state's primes, OEMs, and Tier-1 suppliers to increase the amount of DoD-related business opportunities available to them.  For more information and to register, click here!

The City of Columbia is partnering with the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) on Tuesday, February 27th to host a webinar on learning more information on the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC).  For more information and to register, click here to go to the ERTC website or contact ERTC at (855)648-2955!  

Join the City of Columbia's Planning & Development Services and Engineering for a Development Deep Dive on Thursday, February 29th beginning at 9:30AM. During this session, participants will meet Planning and Development staff and learn about topics of interest to professional working in development and construction in the City of Columbia. To RSVP for this event, send an email to City of Columbia's Planning & Development department or if you have any questions or want more information...

Mota Crosslinking Business Academy will host the 4th Annual SC International Women In Business Day luncheon on Friday, March 8th beginning at 11:00AM.  For more information or tickets contact Mota Crosslinking Business Academy at (803)834-3448 or (803)220-6372.  You can also click on the link indicated in blue to send an email.