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SCORE MENTOR PROGRAM

MISSION:

To provide personalized support to NPP Businesses in creating solutions to pressing business challenges that are inhibiting business growth and sustainability.

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The program includes:

  • Being assigned SCORE mentor to help you address specific business concerns and goals.

  • Meeting with your SCORE mentor for a minimum of 3 months, unless otherwise approved by the SCORE mentor.

  • Receiving recommendations to help your business growth.

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SCORE can help with technical assistance that includes visual merchandising, marketing, online presence and e-commerce, business accounting and finance, store layout, point of sale options, enhancing the customer experience, and other topics as approved by NPP.

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Other examples may include (but are not limited to) actions that:

  • Introduce new products and service lines

  • Combine products and services with experiences that enhance customers’ knowledge and enjoyment (demonstrations, classes, events)

  • Support new collaborations between businesses that extend the market reach of each

  • Create “store within a store” opportunities (pop ups or permanent installations)

  • Increase a business’s technological capacity to sell online (such as developing an ecommerce enabled site) while retaining the physical presence in the NPP District

  • Experiment with or create new venues for sales

  • Support other innovative approaches to sales, design and delivery that will increase businesses’ connection to new markets; and

  • Create or enhance marketing, branding, and graphic design efforts (for physical and online presence.)

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The Process:

Complete the downloadable NPP Business Mentoring Request Form and submit it to your local NPP coordinator. 


Requirements include:

  • Number of years in business: at least 1-2 years *New businesses will be taken into consideration on a case by case basis. 

  • Business Location: Within the NPP District

  • Completion of the downloadable one-page request form to explain the business and identify main business issue(s).

  • Commitment to a minimum of three one-hour meetings over three months with a SCORE mentor (unless otherwise approved by the SCORE mentor). Meetings can take place via Zoom, phone, or in-person and at the discretion of the business and mentor and at times agreed upon by both parties.

  • SCORE will ask you to submit a mentor request online at SCORE.org

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After reviewing your business request form, a SCORE mentor with expertise in the area of concern, will be assigned to work with you. They will contact you to set a time and location to meet. Together, you will review and agree on the business problem(s) to be addressed and goal(s) to be achieved.


DEADLINE for Submitting the NPP Business Mentoring Request Form: August 21, 2023. 

Any request submitted after the deadline will be denied.

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Submit forms by email and/or hard copy to:

Email: BelvidereNPP@Gmail.com

Mail:  Belvidere Town Hall, 691 Water Street, Belvidere, NJ 07823

Attn: Laura Kennedy, Belvidere NPP Coordinator

RE: Score Mentorship Program 

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