Do state-certified HUBs or Small Businesses qualify for the SLBE program?

Yes, if you are already a HUB and local (in our taxing district); then, you meet the designation of Small and Local Business Enterprise (SLBE) under ACC’s Small Business Development Program (SBDP).

SLBE Certification Eligibility

SLBEs must:

• Be an independently owned and controlled for-profit business.
• Meet the industry-based size standards* established by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in 13 CFR 121.201.
• Be headquartered or otherwise located at a fixed, established commercial address located within the ACC taxing district.

*The applicable small business size standards are tied to the industry-based size standards established by the SBA in 13 CFR 121.201, but may be periodically evaluated and adjusted by the college’s administration based upon local market data collected pursuant to the SBDP to better serve the intent and objectives of this policy; (If a business has not existed for 3 years, the gross sales limits described above shall be applied based upon the annual averages over the existence of the business).