The Pikes Peak Small Business Alliance (PPSBA), formerly known as Colorado Springs for Small Business Advancement (COSSBA), brings together entrepreneurs, business service organizations, government agencies, and business advocates in the Pikes Peak region to provide support and shape the future of how small businesses navigate the regulatory process. PPSBA is both an advisory group that provides strategic direction to the work of small business advancement and a working group that executes small business advancement projects. By bringing together government agencies, business services, and business advocates, PPSBA is a unique organization consisting of leaders from across the business world working to make the Pikes Peak Region the #1 for small businesses in the US. For more information contact Shakanah Tedder at 719-385-6605 or Shakanah.Tedder@coloradosprings.gov.
PPSBA Partners & Resources
The organizations below regularly engage with the PPSBA and provide support to small business owners through a variety of different means:
- Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado (BBB)
- Bryan Construction
- City of Colorado Springs - City Clerk's Office
- City of Colorado Springs - Community and Neighborhood Planning
- City of Colorado Springs - Economic Development
- City of Colorado Springs - Fire Marshal & Fire Code
- City of Colorado Springs - Planning and Development
- Colorado Springs Black Chamber of Commerce
- Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC
- Colorado Springs Sports Corp
- Colorado Springs Utilities - Business Customer Management
- David Commercial Real Estate
- Downtown Partnership Colorado Springs
- El Paso County - Environmental Health Division
- El Paso County - Public Health Department
- Exponential Impact
- Latina Equity Foundation
- Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Southern Colorado
- Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD)
- Pikes Peak Regional Building Department
- Pikes Peak Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
- Pikes Peak Workforce Center
- Southern Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce
- Thrive Network
- Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC)
Colorado Springs Open for Business
How to go from a great idea to a grand opening.
COSOpenforBiz is a "step-by-step" online guide to assist entrepreneurs from their great idea to grand opening. Find your key point of contact and helpful resources. This tool serves the brick and mortar small business development process.
PPSBA Events
Resource Fair - By ACHIEVE
June 5, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Location: Exponential Impact (3650 N Nevada Ave.)
A FREE event for business owners to connect with local resources – government agencies, nonprofits, chambers, and other organizations that provide services to business owners.
XI Accelerator Demo Day
June 12, 4-7 p.m.
Location: 555 S. Sierra Madre St.
XI's Demo Day is the culmination & completion of the 12-week Accelerator Program and provides our startup founders in the 2024 Fall cohort the opportunity to showcase their startups' growth, development, and transformation over the past 3 months.
BBB "Buzz with the B's" Breakfast Mixer
June 24, 8-9:30 a.m.
Location: Kinship Landing (415 S. Nevada Ave.)
This networking breakfast is a fun opportunity to find out how we can help each other grow in the thriving business community of Southern Colorado.
Hispanic Chamber Quarterly Business Luncheon
June 24, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton (1775 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd.)
The Hispanic Chamber Business Luncheon is your opportunity to connect with a dynamic network of Hispanic-owned and multicultural small businesses in the Pikes Peak region.
El Paso County Business Resources Event
July 2, 3-4:30 p.m.
Location: Pikes Peak Library District - High Prairie Library (7035 Meridian Rd., Peyton CO)
The Hispanic Chamber Business Luncheon is your opportunity to connect with a dynamic network of Hispanic-owned and multicultural small businesses in the Pikes Peak region.