The Southeastern Illinois Chapter of SCORE was organized in 2005 as a branch of Decatur Illinois SCORE Chapter 296, located in Charleston, Illinois. SCORE is jointly sponsored by the Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce and Eastern Illinois University’s Lumpkin College of Business & Applied Sciences, Business and Technology Institute. SCORE’s office is located in Room 3011 of Lumpkin Hall on EIU’s campus in Charleston.

The SCORE counselors of the Southeastern Illinois Chapter are skilled business owners and managers who volunteer their experience and knowledge to counsel small business owners and potential small business owners regarding business practices to help them achieve success.

The objective of our Chapter is to provide business consulting services support to entrepreneurs in the 13-county Illinois area defined by Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Moultrie, Richland and Shelby Counties. The Chapter’s skilled volunteer business counselors will assist businesses in defining and executing practices and procedures to promote establishment and growth of their business. The service may be made available through face-to-face contact or online using the internet. SCORE counselors provide counsel and guide the client’s project analysis to develop actions and to implement the client’s decisions. SCORE counselors can provide in-depth, industry-specific business assistance to help evaluate a business idea or plan, to stimulate business growth and to ensure long-term stability.

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