Metro/Regional Business Incubator

METRO/REGIONAL BUSINESS INCUBATOR
7100 West Park Road • Shreveport, LA 71129
Phone: (318) 671-1050 • Fax: (318) 671-9032
E-Mail: dsimek@shreve.net • Website: www.cdconline.org/businessincubator.htm

Diana M. Simek, Manager

Primary Client Type
Manufacturing
Warehousing/Distribution
Internet Sales
Technology-based

Area Served by Incubator
Regional - population: 350,000

Year Opened
1998

Gross Square Footage
36,000 sq. ft.

Corporate Status
501(C)(3)

A Photographic Tour Of Our Facility

Primary Sponsor
The Coordinating & Development Corporation

The Metro/Regional Business Incubator is a business development project of The Coordinating & Development Corporation (CDC), an economic development organization serving ten parishes in Northwest Louisiana, eight counties in Northeast Texas, and four counties in Southwest Arkansas. The Incubator is managed under contract by the Ark-La-Tex Export & Technology Center (ARETC), a CDC affiliate organization.

Mission
The mission of the Metro/Regional Business Incubator is to provide a “safe haven” environment and a full range of business assistance to entrepreneurs and new and expanding businesses in order to create new jobs and diversifying the economy.

Business Incubator
The Metro/Regional Business Incubator facility features 36,000 square feet of space that can be divided to meet individual company needs -- with the flexibility to be enlarged as a business grows. In addition, the Business Incubator provides tenants with a wide range of benefits.

The Metro/Regional Business Incubator offers:

Flexible and affordable rental space for light manufacturing and warehousing/distribution in a prestigious location
Day-to-day hands on business counseling
Conference, meeting and training facilities
Access to basic office equipment, including a copier and fax, with limited basic office furniture available at no cost to tenants
Security system with keyless entry for employees
Loading docks
Basic utilities and janitorial service
Parking
Tenant Access 7/24
T1 Internet Access through ShreveNet and Broadband service from Comcast.com

Incubator without Walls Outreach
The Metro/Regional Business Incubator also actively supports an "Incubator without Walls" to help entrepreneurs and struggling small businesses that are not located in the Business Incubator. Generalized assistance for both Incubator tenants and outside clients is provided by ARETC’s staff, with specialized assistance augmented by a variety of experts from community and government support organizations. Most assistance is provided at no cost, while other assistance is provided either as part of the space rental charge for tenants of the Business Incubator, or on a fee basis (for extended assistance).

Maintained by Simple-Solutions