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SCORE: Counselors to America’s Small Business

SCORE, the Counselors to America's Small Business, is a 11,500 member volunteer association sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Since 1964, the association has matched volunteer businessmanagement counselors with clients in need of expert advice. SCORE has experts in virtually every area of business management and maintains a national skills roster to help identify the best counselor for a particular client. Volunteer counselors share their management and technical expertise with both present and prospective small business owners.

SCORE volunteers are members of 389 locally organized chapters offering assistance in almost 800 locations throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam. Over 120 Counselors available locally in Atlanta and the surrounding area.

Every effort is made to match a client's needs with a counselor who is experienced in a comparable line of business. All individual and team SCORE counseling is free; there may be a nominal fee for training workshops and seminars.

Through indepth counseling and training, SCORE volunteers help prospective and established small business owners and managers identify problems, determine the causes and find solutions.

SCORE chapters offer lowcost prebusiness workshops that address topics like assessing entrepreneurial potential, developing a startup checklist, selecting a legal entity, creating a business plan and securing funding. SCORE counselors also help successful firms review their distribution channels, survey expansion, modify products and meet other business challenges. Other workshops offer experienced business owners information on a myriad of subjects, including starting a homebased business, purchasing a franchise, defining a marketing and advertising strategy, implementing a wastereduction plan, setting merchandise prices and beginning an exporting venture.

Any small business can obtain help from SCORE. The approach is confidential and personal. You don't need to be applying for or to have an SBA loan to participate in the program. In fact, an idea is all that is necessary for consultation and counseling.

To find out more, feel free to contact us at us at...
Telephone - 404-331-0121
Fax - 404-331-0108
Postal Address -
SCORE Atlanta
233 Peachtree St. Suite 1900
Atlanta, Ga. 30303


Atlanta SCORE 233 Peachtree St. Harris Tower-Suite 1900 Atlanta GA 30303 Phone: (404) 331-0121 Fax: (404) 331-0101 Fax: (404) 331-0108	Athens SCORE Winterville SCORE (Athens metro area) Mr. Gerald Rucker 340 Weatherly Woods Drive Winterville, GA 30683 Phone: (706) 548-5968
Augusta SCORE 3140 Augusta Tech Drive Augusta, GA 30906 Phone: (706) 869-9100	Brunswick Brunswick SCORE Office 501 Gloucester St. Brunswick, GA 31520 Phone: (912) 262-5329
Cobb Branch Cobb Chamber 240 Interstate North Parkway Marietta, GA 30339 Phone: (770) 859-2321	Columbus SCORE Mr. Ed Stratton 1st Union Bank 101 13th Street Columbus GA 31902 Phone: (706) 596-8331 Fax: (706) 562-9772
Carrollton Burson Center Building 500 Old Bremen Road Carrollton, GA 30117 Phone: (678) 890-2333	Douglasville Douglas County Chamber of Commerce 6658 Church Street Douglasville, GA 30134 Phone: (770) 942-5022
Dalton-Whitfield SCORE P.O. Box 1941 305 Thornton Ave. Dalton GA 30720 Phone: (706) 279-3383	Gwinnett County Georgia Trust Bank Building 2725 Mall of Georgia Boulevard Buford, GA 30519 Phone: (770) 614-7644, ext. 145
McDonough McDonough Branch Libarty 1001 Florence McGarity Blvd. McDonough, GA 30252 Phone: (770) 954-0021	Marietta Cobb Chamber of Commerece 240 Interstate North Parkway, NW Marietta, GA 30339 Phone: (770) 980-2000
Macon/Bibb County Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce 305 Coliseum Drive Macon, GA 31202 Phone: (478) 621-2000	Newnan Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerece 23 Bullsboro Drive Newnan, GA 30264 Phone: (770) 253-2270, ext. 31
North Atlanta Office & Alpharetta Atlanta National Bank Bldg. 10500 Old Alabama Rd. Conn. Alpharetta, GA 30022 Phone: (678) 277-8437	Rockdale County Rockdale Conyers Chamber of Commerce 1186 Scott Street Conyers, GA 30012 Phone: (770) 483-7049
Savannah SCORE 111 E. Liberty Street Suite 103 Suite 103 Savannah GA 31401 Phone: (912) 652-4335 Fax: (912) 652-4184	Warner Robins Warner Robins Area Chamber of Commerce 1228 Watson Blvd. Warner Robins, GA 31093 Phone: (478) 922-8585