About the SBDC

ABOUT THE EL PASO SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

“A Partnership Program with the U. S. Small Business Administration.”
 
El Paso County Community College District became a member of the South West Texas Border Small Business Development Center Regional Network August, 1985. The college district signed a cooperative agreement with the University of Texas at San Antonio and the U. S. Small Business Administration to serve 8 counties in the Big Bend Region of Texas including El Paso county.

In 1992, El Paso Community College in collaboration with Sul Ross State University moved to establish a SBDC satellite office in Alpine, Texas to serve the adjacent rural communities including Van Horn, Pecos, Ft. Stockton, Marathon, Fort Davis, Alpine, Marfa, and Presidio.

In 1994, Sul Ross State University arranged to apply for a full service SBDC and became a member of the South West Texas Border SBDC Network. 

Today, both the El Paso and Sul Ross SBDC service centers serve under the El Paso U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) District providing small businesses with business development and training services in their respective service delivery areas.

The El Paso SBDC service delivery area consist of El Paso and Hudspeth counties and the office is located at El Paso Community College, Administrative Services Center, 9050 Viscount Blvd., Suite B520, El Paso, TX 79925.

The Sul Ross -Big Bend SBDC serves Culberson, Pecos, Reeves, Brewster, Jeff-Davis, and Presidio counties and the office is located at Sul Ross State University, 500 West Ave. H., Alpine, TX 79832.

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