The Ozark Foothills Business Incubator, located in the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park at 3019 Fair Street, is an innovative facility which assists business startup and expansion. The Business Incubator provides new and expanding businesses with economical space and services. Its goal is to help start-ups and growing businesses through the critical period of product/process development and the establishment of markets. The Business Incubator is owned by the Ozark Foothills Development Association and is administered by the Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission.

Located within the Business Incubator are 10 industrial spaces ranging in size from approximately 2,300 square feet to 5,000 square feet. Rent for the spaces has been established at $2.13 per square foot per year. Spaces can be combined to provide larger area for companies requiring more square footage. Each unit is self-contained, separately metered, while most have direct access to a loading/delivery bay area.

Listed below are the approximate sizes for each space:

• Space 1 -- 2,500 square feet — Ozark Work Steps
• Space 2 -- 2,500 square feet — Ozark Foothills Industrial Medicine Clinic
• Space 3 -- 5,000 square feet — Aramark
• Space 4 -- 5,000 square feet — American Tool and Plastics
• Space 5 -- 2,500 square feet — American Tool and Plastics
• Space 6 -- 2,500 square feet — Steadfast Training 
• Space 8 -- 2,419 square feet — Available 
• Space 9 -- 2,522 square feet — Three Rivers College Industrial Training Lab
• Space 10 -- 2,527 square feet — Available 
• Space 11 -- 2,494 square feet — Steadfast Training 

The remaining spaces in the Business Incubator house offices for the support staff, a conference and kitchen facility, and other storage, bathrooms, etc. There are approximately 30,000 square feet in the industrial area, and 5,000 square feet in the office area.

Services

• Professional receptionist
• Telephone answering services
• Janitorial services
• Consulting services
• Computer services
• Business planning assistance
• Financial planning assistance
• Marketing assistance
• Space design and layout assistance
• Loan and grant application assistance
• Tenant placement assistance
• Library and information center
• Notary
• Seminars
• Parking
• Copying/clerical services* (100 copies per month)
• Secretarial/clerical services* (8 hours/month)
• Conference room (scheduled on availability basis)

Service Price List

• Copying - 15-cents per copy after 100 free copies
• Secretarial services - after 8 free hours, reimbursable on a time and material basis.
• Charges are for services after free services provided.

Staff Contacts

• Mr. Alan Lutes - Executive Director
• Mr. Andrew Murphy - Assistant Director