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)
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PPSBA Events
El Paso County Business Resource Event
April 16, 2:30-4 p.m.
Location: Pikes Peak Library District - Fountain Library (230S. Main St, Fountain CO 80817)
AI Crafts - Building with AI, a Practical Reality Check
April 18, 4-6:30 p.m.
Location: Exponential Impact (3650 N. Nevada Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80907)
Hispanic Chamber Quarterly Business Luncheon
April 22, 4-6:30 p.m.
Location: Exponential Impact (3650 N. Nevada Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80907)