Name: Bestowed by Oglethorpe in honor of Princess
Amelia, the daughter of George II.
Location: The northeastermost corner of Florida, just
across the St. Marys River from Georgia. 32 miles northeast
of Jacksonville.
Elevation: Average 20-25 feet above mean sea
level.
Size: 13.5 miles long. Width varies from a quarter
mile to two miles. 11,600 acres. 18.2 square miles (7 square
miles in the city limits of Fernandina Beach).
Only
U.S. location to have been under 8
flags:
French,
Spanish, British, Patriots, Green Cross of Florida, Mexican,
Confederate and U.S.
Population:
Fernandina Beach: 10,684
Nassau County: 57,663
Annual Average Temperature: 69.9 degrees F
50-Block area of downtown Fernandina Beach listed in
the National Register of Historic Places
Main Tourist Attractions: beach, fishing, golf, sailing,
Fort Clinch (camping, sight-seeing), American Beach, Centre
Street Historic District.
Principal Industries: Tourism, Rayonier Inc, Smurfit
Stone Container Corp., commercial and sport fishing, Port of
Fernandina .
·
www.onlinewbc.gov/docs/finance/index.html
(financial
statement basics) ·
www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/incstm_m.asp
(income statement template) ·
moneycentral.msn.com/Investor/glossary/glossary.asp
(glossary of business & accounting terms) Business
Planning ·
www.bplans.com/sp/
(sample business and marketing plans) ·
sbdcnet.usta.edu
(a number of resources for business planning) ·
www.sba.gov/starting/indexbusplans.html
(SBA
business planning tutorial) Demographic
Research ·
www.census.gov/epcd/www/econ97.html
(economic
census) ·
www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/01statab/stat-ab01.html
(Statistical
abstract) ·
www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/map/99data/12/031.txt
(Duval
County business patterns) ·
factfinder.census.gov
(general
demographics and industry quick reports) ·
www.demographicsnow.com
(subscription
service) ·
www.bizstats.com
(useful business statistics) ·
www.missouribusiness.net/iag/index.asp
(industry
at a glance reports) Financing/Investors
·
www.bankrate.com/brm/popcalc2.asp
(loan calculator and amortization) ·
www.sba.gov/financing/indexloans.html
(SBA
loan information) ·
www.eflorida.com
(Florida venture capital firms) ·
www.flvencap.org
(Florida Venture Forum networking group) General
Small Business Info ·
www.entreworld.org
(search engine for small business advice) ·
www.toolkit.cch.com
(how-to guides) ·
sbdcnet.utsa.edu
(SBDC National Information Clearinghouse) ·
www.startupjournal.com
(articles
and tools) ·
www.business.gov
(SBA reference on federal regulations, loans, and other
government services) For more
valuable links and online information, check out the UNF
SBDC's web site at www.sbdc.unf.edu SBA
WEBSITES .
www.sba.gov
(SBA's national web site) .
www.sba.gov/fl/north
(SBA's North Florida web site) .
www.sna.gov/espanol
(SBA's
national web site in Spanish) .
www.sba.gov/gc
(SBA's government contracting info) .
www.womenbiz.gov
(SBA's
federal contracting site for women) .
www.onlinewbc.gov
(SBA's
website by and for women in English and other
languages) .
www.businesslaw.gov
(SBA web site for legal & regulatory info) .
www.business.gov
(SBA's
business advisor) . SBA
North Florida District Office (904) 443-1900 . Donna
Padgug (SBA) (904) 443-1971 OTHER
WEB SITES OF INTEREST .
www.firstgov.gov
(Federal site for government programs) .
www.women-21.gov
(Federal government resources for women) .
www.fedbizopps.gov
(Federal
contracting opportunities) .
www.eflorida.com
(Enterprise Florida) .
www.floridasbdc.com
(Florida Small Business Development Center
Network) .
www.score.org
(SCORE's website) .
www.sunbiz.org
(Florida Department of State Division of
Corporations)
Accounting