Awards and Honors

2024 Awards 

Jim Buckner was awarded the 2024 Business Advisor Performance Award.

2023 Awards

In 2023 Miami Regionals SBDC won 5 awards at the Ohio SBDC Annual Statewide Professional Development Conference. Our center is the only Ohio SBDC to win all economic development categories two years in a row, and the first ever to win all economic development impact categories and be awarded the Center of Year during the same conference year.

• 2023 Best Overall Performance by a Center
• 2023 Jobs Created by a Center
• 2023 Loan Capital Award
• 2023 SBDC Advisor Performance Award (Jim Buckner)
• 2023 Business Starts Award (Honorable Mention) David Riggs
• 2022 and 2023 SBDC Excellence and Innovation Award for the SBA Central District (State Center of the Year)
• State of Ohio Most Jobs Created and State of Ohio Loan Capital
• State Stars: Karla Boldery

2021 Awards

State Stars: David Riggs

2019 Best Customer Satisfaction

In 2019, the Butler County SBDC received the award for "Best Customer Satisfaction". All clients statewide are surveyed on their experience with SBDC advisors. Butler County received 100% client satisfaction!

2017 SBDC Excellence and Innovation Award for the SBA Central District

From James Laipply, Ohio Small Business Development Centers Director Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship:

"I am writing to let you know that we are nominating your center for the 2017 SBDC Excellence and Innovation Award for the SBA Central District. Congratulations!

In 2016 Your center had tremendous all-around performance and demonstrated year-over-year growth in clients served, counseling hours, long term clients, business starts, and job creation.

This will also qualify your center to be eligible for the national award."

2016 Business Start-Up Award - Runner-Up

The Ohio Small Business Development Center located at The Hamilton Mill and the City of Middletown Economic Development Department was runner up in Business Starts with 47. One shy of 1st place total of 48. We returned home from the annual State Conference and Awards banquet feeling pretty good.