Sedalia, Missouri – Feb. 14, 2023 – The University of Missouri Extension – Business Development Program recognized State Fair Community College’s Missouri Small Business Development Center (MOSBDC) and its director Kelly Asbury for several accomplishments at its January professional development conference.
SFCC’s MOSBDC and Asbury received recognition for placing in two Top 5 categories, Greatest Impact Generation: Business Starts and Highest Number of Counseling Hours. The MOSBDC at SFCC received one of five Top Greatest Impact Generation: Capital Funding awards and one of four Overall Performance Center Awards for creatively serving clients, building relationships with stakeholders, and working hard to enhance the Missouri SBDC presence in the college’s MOSBDC region.
Asbury also received her five-year service award as SFCC’s MOSBDC director, which is a part of SFCC’s The LearningForcethat administers customized workforce training and professional development programs. Asbury is responsible for providing business consulting, access to training and resources to help Missourians identify and develop ideas to successfully start, manage and expand their businesses. SFCC’s MOSBDC serves the citizens in 12 counties: Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass, Henry, Hickory, Johnson, Lafayette, Morgan, Pettis, Saline, and St. Clair. Asbury coordinates on-site and online seminars and training that covers topics from how to start and manage a small business to how to market and use social media to grow it.
Through a partnership between the Small Business Administration, Missouri University Extension Business Development program, and State Fair Community College, the MOSBDC at the college can provide no-cost business consulting and low-cost trainings to small businesses within the 12 service counties. SFCC’s center has assisted clients in acquiring just under $38.5 million in loans/capital; creating 223 jobs; starting of 108 new businesses; counseling 947 entrepreneurs and small businesses; and providing 246 trainings for 2,115 participants since the MOSBDC at SFCC opened.
The MOSBDC helps business owners make confident decisions to start, grow and promote their businesses. Services are provided to all Missouri counties and the city of St. Louis in the form of training events and one-to-one counseling by appointment.
For more information about SFCC’s MOSBDC, contact Asbury at kasbury1@sfccmo.edu or (660) 596-7350.
