Partners

Business Lending Partners (BLP) creates a beneficial partnership with conventional banking providing an attractive financing package for your customer.

 

Here are four reasons why a bank would want to partner with Business Lending Partners to promote small business lending:

  • Reduce your riskWe come in as a secondary lender, thus reducing the bank's risk.
  • Increase small business lendingBanks can provide more loans and offer more opportunities to more businesses by a partnership with BLP.
  • Obtain CRA creditThrough a partnership with BLP, banks can obtain CRA credits by participating in one of our lending programs.
  • Increase your portfolioWe structure, evaluate, process and service SBA loans which cannot be done conventionally.

BLP has a number of partners and members who assist in economic development and business lending. From local and state governments, to utilities, colleges and universities, to existing business and industry, our team is second to none in assisting you with growing your small business.

 

BLP works with any financial institution of your choice, however, please see the list below for our member banks and partner resources.

 

Member Banks

Gold Members

 

 

Community State Bank

Union Grove, WI

Primary Contact: Dave Albrecht

 

Johnson Bank

Racine, WI

Primary Contact: Steve Miller

 

Chase Bank

Racine, WI

Primary Contact: Francisco Sanchez

 

 

M&I Bank

Racine, WI

Primary Contact: Dave Titus

 

US Bank

Racine, WI

Primary Contact: Keontay Jackson

 

Tri City National Bank

Sturtevant, WI

Primary Contact: John Kis

 

Wells Fargo

Racine, WI

Primary Contact: Phillip Devlin

 

 

Silver Bank Members

 

Educators Credit Union

Racine, WI

 

 

 

Southport Bank

Racine, WI

Primary Contact: Kim Schuller

 

 

Bronze Bank Members

 

Bank Mutual

Brown Deer, WI

 

 

 

North Shore Bank

Racine, WI

 

 

State Bank of The Lake

Antioch, IL

 

 

PNC Business Credit

Milwaukee, WI

 

 

 

 

Partner Resources

Chamber and Resources Bureau:

 

Burlington Chamber

 

Sturtevant Chamber

 

Union Grove Chamber

 

Waterford Chamber

 

Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce (RAMAC)

 

Development Organizations:

 

Downtown Racine Corporation

 

Forward Wisconsin

 

Milwaukee 7

 

Racine County Economic Development Corporation

 

National Association of Development Companies

 

Higher Education:

 

Carthage College

 

Gateway Technical College

 

UW-Parkside

 

Small Business Resources

 

Small Business Administration

 

Small Business Development Center

 

Wisconsin Department of Commerce

 

Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership

 

Technology and Innovation:

 

Center for Advanced Technology & Innovation (CATI)

 

Young Professionals of Racine

 

Workforce Development:

 

Racine County Workforce Development Center

 

Other:

 

Racine County

 

Racine County Convention and Visitors Bureau

 

We Energies

 

To inquire about being added to Business Lending Partners resources please call

Carolyn Engel at 262.898.7420.