Resources & Links

Retail Merchandising Service Automation, Inc.

P.O. Box 1603
Brentwood, TN 37024
1-800-235-5584 X7483

(Retail merchandising and inventory management consulting.)

Lyn Falk
Retailworks, Inc.

P.O. Box 99
Thiensville, WI 53092
262-238-1860
1-800-379-1438
http://www.retailworksinc.com

(Excellent resource for retailers and business owners looking for assistance with interior layout and design, display and visual merchandising, fixtures, and image/branding. Also provides educational seminars.

Directory of University Resources for Business and Industry
The University of Wisconsin System

1856 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
1-800-442-6461

(Free directory, lists technical expertise and services offered by UW departments to business and industry.)

Wisconsin Small Business Development Center

975 University Avenue, Room 3260
Madison, WI 53706
http://www.uwex.edu/sbdc

(Centers throughout the state, providing advice to persons starting a business or solutions to business problems.)

Center for Community Economic Development
University of Wisconsin – Extension

1327 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53715
1-608-265-8136
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced

(Services and publications for communities working on downtown revitalization.)

Retail Tenant Directory
Trade Dimensions International, Inc.

45 Danbury Road
Wilton, CT 06897
1-203-563-3000
http://www.retailtenants.com

(This directory is an excellent resource for locating potential national tenants.
Published annually, the cost is approximately $400.)

Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp.

2745 N. Dr., Martin Luther King Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53212
1-414-263-5451
http://www.wwbic.org

(Business education and access to capital for women business entrepreneurs)

National Main Street Center
National Trust for Historic Preservation

1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
1-202-588-6219
http://www.nationaltrust.org
http://www.mainstreet.org

(Publishes "The Small Business Retention, Expansion and Recruitment Project" and other resource materials)

Bureau of Downtown Development
Wisconsin Main Street Program

P.O. Box 7970
Madison, WI 53707
1-608-266-7531
http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/CD/CD-bdd

(Publishes a quarterly newsletter and resources to revitalization projects)

SCORE
Service Corps of Retired Executives

1-800-634-0245
http://www.emc.score.org

Affiliated with the local Small Business Administration office.
(Offers free management counseling to small businesses, business plans, management procedure,
financing, other business challenges.)