Incubators Offer Space and Assistance to Hurricane Victims

Incubators across the country have offered space and services to entrepreneurs displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Idea Village, New Orleans' nonprofit support network for entrepreneurs, has set up the Entrepreneur Assitance and Resource Network. Through EARN, New Orleans businesses can receive a customized team of experts and consultants to help them with hurricane recovery. Access the network at www.ideavillage.org.

BEST Incubator & Intellectual Property
Polytechnic University
Brooklyn, N.Y.
www.poly.edu/incubator
Contact: Yolanda Codrington-Halley (e-mail: ycodring@poly.edu)

Center for Emerging Technology and Entrepreneurial Studies
Lawton, Okla.
www.cetes.org
Contact: Peter Abramo (e-mail: peterabramo@msn.com)

Enterprise Center of Johnson County
Lenexa, Kan.
www.ecjc.com
Contact: Joel Wiggins (e-mail: jwiggins@ecjc.com)

Lousiana Technology Park
Baton Rouge, La.
www.latechpark.com/
Contact: Doug Lee (e-mail: doug@latechpark.com)

Winchester Incubation Regional Enterprise
Winchester, Va.
www.winwithwire.com/
Contact: Russ Combs (e-mail: russc@winwithwire.com)

For more incubators, visit NBIA's Links to Member Incubators.

Incubator managers and staff continue to be a vital part of the recovery effort in the Gulf Coast region. Click here for details.

If your incubation program is opening its doors to hurricane victims, let us know and we can post that information here. E-mail Tim Kresse, director of membership, at tkresse@nbia.org.