A goal achieved gave a big boost to small business in a neighborhood that could use it.

Efforts to address the wealth divide in South Bend now include the opening of a Small Business Resource Center in the 800 block of Lincolnway West.

The center has a classroom and a conference room.

The city contributed $30,000 to get it off the ground, although it will take countless volunteers to make it a success.

"We've got a lot of new businesses with diverse ownership, working to get off the ground and creating opportunity," South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said.

"We want to create more jobs and more good-paying opportunities for people from every neighborhood in the city, and we've got to make sure that we're helping people get off the ground at the very beginning," he added.

The Small Business Resource Center is located at 809 Lincolnway West.