The Central Falls Business Center is your one-stop hub for business support, workforce development, and opportunity.
Located at 934 Dexter Street (inside the Rhode Island College Workforce Development Hub), the CF Business Center will offer free walk-in support Tuesdays and Thursdays (8:30am-4:30pm), with services including business consulting, Startup Support, MBE/WBE certification, financial education, marketing and brand support, workforce development resources, access to our trusted partners, and more. Need help sooner? Available by phone Monday-Friday.
A range of statewide partner organizations will be available on site, including:
- Skills for Rhode Island’s Future
- RI Small Business Hub
- RI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Rhode Island Builders Association
- Fuerza Laboral
- Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training
OUR MISSION:
To empower entrepreneurs, support workforce development, and strengthen Central Falls' diverse business community through collaboration and access to resources.
“We are bringing resources directly into our city–removing barriers and strengthening the path to success for all."
–Mayor Maria Rivera
SCHEDULE (TO BE UPDATED):
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday (8:30 AM - 5:30 PM): RI Small Business Hub
2nd & 4th Wednesday of the Month (9 AM - 4 PM): RI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Friday (9 AM - 4 PM): RI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
RI Small Business Hub: The HUB offers a wide range of resources and services to help entrepreneurs start and grow successful businesses. Our services are free to all qualified small businesses in Rhode Island.
RI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: The RI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is an organization created to represent, promote, and empower our growing Hispanic business community. Incorporated since 2016, this organization strives to support the needs of local businesses and build strong relationships between corporate America and the Hispanic-owned businesses in Rhode Island.
RIBA: The Rhode Island Builders Association, established in 1945, is a progressive, not-for-profit organization addressing the housing needs of the community by supporting and advocating for the construction industry. Providing a platform for builders, contractors, and industry professionals to connect, share knowledge, and promote best practices.
Fuerza Laboral: Fuerza Laboral is a workers' rights center in Central Falls, Rhode Island whose mission is to shift the balance of power in our economy towards labor by educating, training, and organizing workers to become community leaders; by taking direct action to recover unpaid wages and improve workplace conditions; by forcing institutional changes that will better prevent injustices; and -- with our POWER Network Co-op Incubator program -- by constructing a network of worker-owned co-ops that will provide living-wage employment instead of the low-wage, exploitative jobs typically reserved for immigrants and people of color.
Stay tuned for more details coming soon!