Many small businesses in Luzerne County say they wouldn’t be open without the help of a SBDC.
LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — Dorothy Lane runs the Small Business Development Center at Wilkes University. She says she’s been very busy the last two years.
“It’s been kind of a crazy time. Usually, in a year, I think we see about 350 to 400 clients. And in the first, I think, six months or so of the pandemic, we had, I remember the number was like 825,” said Lane.
SBDCs are nonprofit resource centers for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
“I always tell people, we’re kind of the best-kept secret out there to help small businesses,” added Lane.
Business owners Newswatch 16 spoke with who were helped by the Wilkes SBDC would agree. That…
