Contact MCE Women’s Business Center! Salisbury Address: 144 E. Main St, P.O. Box 213, Salisbury, MD 21801 Baltimore Address: 1800 N. Charles Street, Suite 808, Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone: (410) 546-1900 Website: www.marylandcapital.org MCE WBC Director – Jennifer Currie, [email protected] Baltimore Coordinator - Bonnie Crockett MCE Women’s Business Center (WBC) is designed to assist businesswomen in starting and expanding small businesses on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore City and Anne Arundel County. The Women’s Business Center operates to assist women entrepreneurs to succeed. It offers training, consulting, counseling, one-on-one mentoring and micro- and small business loans to women entrepreneurs from both center locations in Salisbury and Baltimore. Counseling Mentoring Free individualized counseling is provided to MCE WBC new and aspiring women entrepreneurs. The counselor assesses the client’s needs and works with her to develop a business plan and secure the assistance that she needs. The WBC will provide local women entrepreneurs as mentors for aspiring women business owners. They provide business owners with assistance in either day-to-day operations or in a specific business area. Training The Women’s Business Center in partnership with MCE will offer a variety of courses on a range of subjects including:          First Steps of Starting Your Own Business Business Plan Development Business Financing MBE Certification Social Networking Marketing Website design QuickBooks …and more! Go to www.marylandcapital.org for details. MCE Women-Owned Business Loan Fund MCE’s Women-Owned Business Loan Fund offers three loan products to assist women in starting or growing their own business. They include:  Microloans- $5,000-$50,000  Small Business Loans: $5,000 - $150,000  Community Advantage Loans: $100,000 -$250,000. Interest rates range from 5-12%.