Business Advisory Board

Existing and prospective businesses in the Sugarcreek area now have a new resource on which they can lean – the Sugarcreek Business Association’s Business Advisory Board.

This is a free service to SBA member businesses and to prospective businesses considering locating in or around Sugarcreek.

The board is comprised of the following volunteers: attorneys Doug Frautschy and Mike Warkall, businessmen John Miller and Dustin Miller, and a certified public accountant whose practice is based around small business, Mark Fearon.

These five-members represent an expertise ranging from legal issues, tax consequences and business planning to marketing and business development.

The board will meet by appointment only. All information shared will be kept confidential. For more information or to schedule an appointment contact Fearon by phone at 330-308-6894 or e-mail at: Mark.Fearon@reacpa.com. Note: this panel requires a two-week lead time so that the professionals involved can coordinate their schedules.

In addition, the Business Advisory Board has agreements in place with Sugarcreek’s Village Administrator, the Tuscarawas County Port Authority and the Kent State University Small Business Development Center, should prospective businesses or specific situations require more assistance than the SBA’s Business Advisory Board can provide.

The Sugarcreek Business Association is comprised of nearly 140 businesses in and around the Sugarcreek area. Its mission is to promote, enhance and benefit the businesses, professionals and community of Sugarcreek.

SBA Marketing Committee Commitment to PR

The SBA’s Marketing Committee is ready, willing and able to help spread the word about your business and its accomplishments.

Should your member business be recognized with an award, hit a milestone or require the ability to access more than 130 media outlets with relative ease, the SBA’s Marketing Committee can help you. All you need to supply is the Who, What, When, Where and Why. Email us at sugarcreekbusinessassociation@gmail.com

Other Resources

Sugarcreek Village Offices

410 S. Broadway, Sugarcreek, OH
44681Contact@villageofsugarcreek.com The Village of Sugarcreek offers water and sewer services to residential and industrial properties and is always open to working with new and existing businesses. Need to work with them? Call (330) 852-4112 or e-mail Contact@villageofsugarcreek.com
For more about the village: http://www.villageofsugarcreek.com/about/

Tuscarawas County Resources

Kent State University Tuscarawas Campus

Small Business Development Center
330 University Drive N.E. New Philadelphia, OH
44663-9403
330-339-3391
The SBA’s Business Advisory board has an agreement with this resource and has patterned itself after the Small Business Development Center’s services and mission. This resource offers everything from getting started, to reassessing your business plan and making adjustments to the changes that happen over the course of running your business.
By phone at (330) 339-3391 or e-mail SBDC@tusc.kent.edu
For more info: http://www.tusc.kent.edu/ServicesforBusiness/small_business.cfm

Tuscarawas County Office of Community & Economic Development

125 E. High St. New Philadelphia, OH 44663
With a friendly and knowledgeable staff, this is the place to start if you need help finding county demographics, figuring out where to seek funding or need to work with state and county entities. More information: http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/OCED/Index.htm

Tuscarawas County Port Authority

339 Oxford St., Dover, OH 44622
Working with county entities and resources to help with business growth and development is this group’s job. Business size is no object, but larger industry is a specialty. By phone: (330) 602-4422. More information: http://www.tuscport.com/