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SECO Strong Shop Local Initiative
SECO Strong Information
The SECO Strong shop local initiative is brought to you by your regional economic developers throughout Southeast Colorado. This website is meant to encourage online sales for our local small businesses and entrepreneurs.
Program Description:
- Customers visit the SECO Strong website to browse local businesses throughout SECO.
- Customers select individual businesses to purchase gift certificates in $25 increments.
- Revenue is passed through the SECO Strong website and on to individual businesses.
- SECO Small Business Development Center (SECO SBDC) is sponsoring this project so that businesses are able to be listed on the SECO Strong website for FREE, and to ensure that businesses receive 100% of the revenue generated.
Economic developers involved in the creation of this program:
Baca County/Prowers Economic Prosperity: Cheryl Sanchez
Bent County Development Foundation: Sammie George
City of La Junta: Cynthia Nieb
City of Rocky Ford: Marty Lee
Crowley County/Otero County: Danelle Berg
Kiowa County: Jan Richards
Southeast Colorado Enterprise Development (SECED): Stephanie Gonzales
Anticipated launch date of SECO Strong website: November 20, 2020
Businesses must submit their business information via online google form to be eligible to participate and be featured on the SECO Strong website.
Required information for sign up includes:
- Business Name
- Business Contact Name
- Business Physical Address
- Business Mailing Address
- Business Phone
- Business Website (if applicable)
- Other Social Media Platforms
- Short Business Bio (products/services provided by business)
- Business Logo or Photo of Storefront
- Bank ACH form to enable automatic bank deposits
There is no deadline for business sign up- business information will be added to the website as soon as possible once signup form is submitted & information is verified.
The SECO Strong website is being brought to you by SECO SBDC's SWAP - a website development program available to all SECO businesses. For more information about SWAP contact: secosbdc.marketing.director@gmail.com
Small Businesses
This program is FREE for you to participate in. All we need is your business information. You can submit your business information through the online form below.
Following sign up you will need to submit the following ACH form to allow us to make automatic deposits into your bank account for all online sales through the SECO Strong website.