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Urban League of Greater Cleveland
Small Business Development Center


The Urban Leagues SBDC prides itself in providing budding entreprenuers and veteran business owners with quality professional service and expert advice. Our SBDC advisors who have "real world" business management and entrepreneurial experience will provide one-on-one counseling sessions that are personalized, confidential, and at no cost to the client.Please take a moment to meet our team members.Our team implements the key values of the business center every day. We provide superior customer service,performance driven educational councling and effecient processes that leverage technology to help you accomplish your goals. Please call to schedule an appointment.

Request for a consultation is also available online at www.ulcleveland.org/sbdc. The center is conveniently located at the Urban League of Greater Cleveland, 2930 Prospect Ave. and is open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday thru Friday. For your convenience, we offer additional counseling services by appointment only at John Carroll University.

Ms . Samad is shown here with clients Evelyn and Willie of Presentation Cleaning Service located on 4412 Beta Ave in Newburgh Hts.









Meet Our Team



Stacey Banks-Houston
Executive Director
SBDC Urban League
staceybh@ulcleveland.org

 
 
 

Genine Johnson
Executive Assistant
SBDC Urban League
gjohnson@ulcleveland.org

 
 
 

Alima Samad
Business Advisor
SBDC Urban League
Alima@ulcleveland.org

 
 
 

Melran Leach
Business Advisor
SBDC Urban League
mleach@ulcleveland.org

 
 
 



SBDC disclaimer
The Small Business Development Center Program of Ohio is a funded program of the Ohio Department of Development and the U.S. Small Business Administration. The support given through such funding does not constitute an express or implied endorsement of any opinions, products or services offered by our co-sponsors or participants. Special Arrangements for the disabled will be made if requested in advance. This program is provided on a non-discriminatory basis.


Urban League of Greater Cleveland
2930 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115
e-mail: sbdc@ulcleveland.org
Phone: 216.622.0999
Fax: 216.622.0997