Springboard To Success

The organization aids in economic development by providing an educational and supportive environment for start-up and expanding, early-stage, independent businesses. The organization helps transform the retail landscape in mobile, Alabama's urban core. The retail incubator gives retailers the ability To understand the downtown shop owner's experience while enjoying professional support and guidance. The incubator offers the members the advantage of learning-by-doing while equipping tenants with the skills and knowledge To be independently successful. Springboard To Success provides full-time staffing, point of sale system reporting, telephone, high-speed internet access, marketing, and promotion assistance, consultation by experienced retailers, as well as ongoing, on-site management of the tenants. The retail incubator is located within the central business district where the entrepreneurs are trained To capitalize on daytime employment spending as well as special event opportunities unique To an urban location.