{"id":2240,"date":"2021-05-13T19:47:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T19:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/research-new-test\/economic-development\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:49:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:49:05","slug":"economic-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/economic-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/economic-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Economic Development<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Division of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development promotes excellence in research, scholarship, and creative activities that drive innovation and economic development to improve the way we live, learn, and meet societal needs. America&#8217;s SBDC at Stephenville is hosted by Tarleton State University to provide no-cost business consulting and low-cost training to new and existing businesses. Small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs can contact the for face-to-face business consulting and at-cost training on a variety of topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tarleton State University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is an outreach program of the Northwest Texas Small Business Development Center. The SBDC provides counseling, technical assistance, training workshops, and reference resources for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Our counselors maintain the highest ethical standards of confidentiality with clients and counseling services are available at no charge. The center is staffed by professionals with proven ability to promote growth, innovation, profitability, increased productivity and improved management of small business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"information\">Office hours are 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-columns advgb-columns-wrapper\" id=\"advgb-cols-87303e38-0d82-496f-950a-10ab4e38b4a0\"><div class=\"advgb-columns-container\"><div class=\"advgb-columns advgb-columns-row advgb-is-mobile advgb-columns-3 layout-13-13-13 mbl-layout-stacked vgutter-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-column advgb-column\" id=\"advgb-col-da5fb50d-54ce-4739-9a6f-a12e04329cfc\"><div class=\"advgb-column-inner\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:1px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/02\/sbdc-tsu-logo.jpg\" alt=\"America's SBDC logo with Tarleton State University text.\" class=\"wp-image-4850\" style=\"width:253px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/02\/sbdc-tsu-logo.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/02\/sbdc-tsu-logo-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/02\/sbdc-tsu-logo-554x400.jpg 554w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/02\/sbdc-tsu-logo-768x555.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsusbdc.org\/\">Tarleton Small Business Development Center<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1225 N US Highway 281<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephenville, Texas 76401<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"tel:+12549680558\">254-968-0558<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:sbdc@tarleton.edu\">sbdc@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-column advgb-column\" id=\"advgb-col-64c9b7bb-d8d3-4022-a3a6-f86ef59c9153\"><div class=\"advgb-column-inner\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:1px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/11\/1.png\" alt=\"Tarleton Logo for Innovation and Entrepreneurship\" class=\"wp-image-7558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/11\/1.png 720w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/11\/1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/11\/1-600x400.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/tieuc\/\">Innovation and Entrepreneurship University Center<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1225 N. US Highway 281<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephenville, Texas 76401<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/about-us\/about-us-staff-listing\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2206\">254-968-1618<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:tieuc@tarleton.edu\">tieuc@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-column advgb-column\" id=\"advgb-col-0f30a05b-f8ff-4261-ab97-362e48e0ca3d\"><div class=\"advgb-column-inner\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:1px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/11\/2.png\" alt=\"Tarleton Logo Institute for Rural Economic Development and Research\" class=\"wp-image-7559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/11\/2.png 720w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/11\/2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2025\/11\/2-600x400.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/institute-for-rural-economic-development-and-research\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/research\/institute-for-rural-economic-development-and-research\/\">Institute for Rural Economic Development and Research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1225 N. 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