Access to Capital
Region 10’s Business Loan Fund (BLF) is a lending source that provides capital to small businesses focusing on expansion, creating and retaining jobs, and benefitting our regional economy. for more than 30 years, the BLF has assisted for-profit and nonprofit businesses with their financing needs with loans that typically range from $5,000 to $250,000 with up to 10-year terms.
Sound Advice
Colorado’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has a tightly knit network of advisors across the state that stand ready to help you meet your business goals. From no-cost, confidential advising with seasoned professionals to no- or low-cost workshops facilitated by industry experts, our local SBDC office can help you start a new business or elevate an existing one.
Getting Started
Region 10’s Business Cultivator, located in Olathe, is a newly renovated building expressly for entrepreneurship and kitchen incubation. From a commissary kitchen to startup programming and coworking, it’s an incubator that facilitates the fast flow of talent, information, and resources to help you find what you need at each stage of growth.
Tax Incentives + Credits
The State of Colorado and local municipalities offer a variety of business incentive programs to support businesses looking to grow their economic presence in the state. Enterprise Zone Tax Credits (EZ) and Opportunity Zones (OZ) offer incentives to develop, expand, retain and create jobs, as well as incentives for investors to support distressed communities.
Upcoming Trainings
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Looking for Inspiration?
NPR’s How I Built This with Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world’s best-known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists—and the movements they built. How I Built Resilience series includes weekly online conversations with founders and entrepreneurs about how they’re navigating these turbulent times.
- Kyle Connaughton (SingleThreat Farms) and Daniel Humm (Eleven Madison Park)
- Sarah LaFleur (MM LaFleur)
- Tony Xu (DoorDash) and Marcia Kilgore (FitFlop)
- Tobia Lutke (Shopify) and Jon Stein (Betterment)
- Foodies Samin Nosrat and Alice Waters & Fanny Singer
- Stewart Butterfield (Slack) and Steve Holmes (Springfree Trampoline)
- Christina Tosi (Milk Bar) and Gary Erickson & Kit Crawford (Clif Bar)
- Chef Jose Andres (World Central Kitchen)
- Simon Sinek
- David Neeleman (JetBlue) and Tristan Walker (Walker& Company)
- Jeni Britton Bauer (Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams)
- Susan Griffin-Black (EO Products)
REGION 10 BUSINESS RESOURCES
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Region 10 Small Business Resource CenterRegion 10 Business Loan FundEnterprise Zone Tax Credits West Central SBDCONE Delta County Technical College of the Rockies Cedaredge Library Crawford Chamber of Commerce Crawford Library Delta Area Chamber of Commerce Delta Library Delta Coworks, The Hub (coworking) Hotchkiss Chamber of Commerce Hotchkiss Library Paonia Library Paonia Space to Create
Region 10 Small Business Resource Center Crested Butte Public LibraryGunnison Country Chamber of CommerceGunnison Public LibraryLeslie J. Savage Library@ WesternICELab (coworking) Region 10 Business Loan FundEnterprise Zone Tax CreditsWest Central SBDCCity of GunnisonCrested Butte Chamber of CommerceGunnison CountyTown of Crested Butte Town of Mt. Crested Butte
Region 10 Small Business Resource Center Region 10 Business Loan Fund Enterprise Zone Tax Credits West Central SBDC Montrose Economic Development (MEDC) Montrose County Montrose Regional Library City of Montrose Business Incentives City of Montrose Business Licenses + Permits Naturita Community Library Paradox Community Library Proximity Coworking West End Economic Development (WEEDC)