SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)

SCORE is a 13,000 member volunteer program, and is sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The program matches volunteers with small businesses needing expert advice. These men and women business executives, whose collective experience spans the full range of American enterprise, share their management and technical expertise with present and prospective owners or managers of small businesses.

That is what SCORE is all about. Free business counseling by men and women who have had successful business careers as company executives or owners of their own businesses. They are willing to share their knowledge and experience at absolutely NO CHARGE. They are as close as your telephone.

SCORE is located at the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce, 151 East Main Street; volunteer staff is in the office every Thursday between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., or call 423/392-8805.

SCORE hosts the annual Small Business Workshop, usually held 4 evenings in the fall at the Kingsport Public Library.