Business Resources
The City of Watauga is committed to helping all new and existing businesses succeed. Below is a list of resources, programs, and information sites to help you succeed. Please note, some sites will take off the City of Watauga website.
Steps to Starting a Business:
- City of Watauga Economic Development Programs & Resources
Additional Business Resources:
Business Assistance Programs:
- City of Watauga Community Development:
817.514.5813
7800 Virgil Anthony Blvd. Watuaga, TX 76180
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Closed Major Holidays)
Contact: Genesa Camacho, Community Development Coordinator
- SCORE- Counselors to Small Businesses:
www.scorefortworth.org
817.871.6002
By appointment at North Richland Hills Library (9015 Grand Avenue, NRH) or at the Main Office in Fort Worth (Address here)
- Small Business Administration:
www.sba.gov
817.684.5500
4300 Amon Carter Blvd. Fort Worth, TX 76155
Free online services, training, and resources for small businesses. Lending for small businesses available.
- Business.Gov
Official business link to the United States Government
Copyrighting/Trademarking:
Corporate Certificate/Incorporate Your Business
Economic Development Programs
- City of Watauga Community Development
7800 Virgil Anthony Blvd. Watuaga, TX 76148
817.514.5813
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Closed Major Holidays)
Contact: Genesa Camacho, Community Development Coordinator
Permits, Ordinances, & Inspections:
- City of Watauga Public Works: (Permits, Ordinances, Certificates of Occupancy)
7800 Virgil Anthony Blvd.
- 817.514.5839
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Closed Major Holidays)
Contact: Crystal Parkhurst
- Tarrant County: (Health Permits & Inspections)
817.321.4984
100 E. Weatherford Street
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Closed Major Holidays)
Contact: Jay Dickenson
- City of Watauga Fire Inspector:
817.514.5880
5909 Hightower Dr.
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (By appointment otherwise)
Contact: Randy Barkley
Register a Business Name: (Also called “Assumed Names”)
- Tarrant County Clerk, Assumed Names:
www.tarrantcounty.com
200 Taylor Street, Suite301
Fort Worth, TX 76196
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Closed Major Holidays)
Tax Assistance/Information:
- Comptroller of Public Accounts, Susan Combs (Sales Tax/Franchise Tax Permit)
www.window.state.tx.us
1.800.252.5555 (Sales and Use Tax)
1.200.252.1381 (Franchise Tax)
- Field Offices:
- Taxpayer Services and Collections
4040 Fossil Creek Blvd., Suite 100
Fort Worth, Texas 76137-2747
817.847.6201
- Audit Office
Crosslands Plaza
6320 Southwest Blvd., Suite 201
Fort Worth, Texas 76109
817.377.8855
- Internal Revenue Service:
www.irs.gov
1.800.829.1040
Obtain a Federal Employers Identification Number, find small business start-up information; link to state information on permits, taxes, resource websites.
Workforce Development: Recruitment, Retention, Training
- Texas Workforce Commission (Tarrant County Office):
www.workforcesolutions.net
817.548.5200
Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County
- Mid-Cities Workforce Center
Main website: www.twc.state.tx.us (Work In Texas)
7001 Boulevard 26 North Richland Hills, TX 76180
- Tarrant County College (Continuing Education):
www.tccd.edu/Continuing_Education.html
817.515.4233
Various Locations: Northeast Campus (Hurst), Northwest (Lake Worth), South Campus (Fort Worth), Southeast Campus (Arlington), Trinity River Campus (Fort Worth)
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Closed Major Holidays)
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