Business Services
Our services are customized to specific needs, with flexible and responsive support programs for businesses that share our vision of what Nogales is and can be.
Business Training
Nogales Community Development offers business training courses designed to help entrepreneurs and small business owners learn to meet the demands of a challenging economic environment. NCD staff is certified to teach NxLEVEL, a nationally recognized business curriculum that teaches the fundamentals of business management, business plan development, strategy and entrepreneurship.
NCD has partnered with training providers and other local sources to offer a variety of business classes, workshops and seminars on:
Business Goal Setting
Basic Accounting Practices
Business Loan Readiness
Business Development
Management
QuickBooks
Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Marketing, including Internet, Email and Social Media Strategies
Customer Service
Fees may apply for some of the training.
NxLEVEL Training for Start-up and Existing Businesses
Our staff is certified to teach NxLEVEL business plan development and offer one-on-one counseling to small businesses as they develop their roadmaps into the future. Participants must complete financial management training, compile a sound business plan and work with an NCD case manager during the loan duration.
NxLEVEL is a nationally recognized curriculum provides business owners with the necessary tools to establish a new business or take a current business to the next level.
Understanding Entrepreneurship
Planning Your Business
Legal Aspects of Your Business
Managing and Marketing Your Business
Financing Your Business
Managing Growth
One-On-One Business Coaching
If you do not need a group workshop or training, our business specialists can provide you with one-on-one business assistance to fit your individual needs.
Documents needed for enrollment:
Picture ID (driver’s license)
Social Security card
Proof of residence (Utility bill, etc.)
NCD application & action plan
Proof of income (last two months of pay stubs)
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For further information, please contact Nogales Community Development.
Maria Elena Mandel: Owner of Maria Elena's Creations
Maria Elena Mandel sews and sells simple, attractive handbags at the Nogales Mercado under the business name Maria Elena’s Creations. Sewing came late and unexpectedly to Maria Elena, following her son’s diagnosis in January, 2011, of a rare non-cancerous but chronic blood disorder related to leukemia. Caring for her son left her with little time to work outside of the home, and that’s when she started sewing. To get her business off the ground, she signed up for training at NCD’s Business Resource Center on “How to Sell at a Farmer’s Market.” Then she received an Individual Development Account that funded her canopy and table at the Nogales Mercado. Today, Maria Elena is a member of the Nogales Mercado Advisory Committee.