11/18/2025
I will forever be grateful for the help & support of the ASBTDC 🥰
NEW MEDICAL PRACTICE SPOTLIGHT - Last year, when Sarah Reyna was ready to pursue starting a clinic, she wasn't sure how to proceed.
Then, a coworker recommended the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center.
“Her husband had been wanting to open his own business and they had utilized the classes and business advice, so she told me about it. Because my main hesitancy in opening my own clinic was simply that I’d never owned a business and had no idea where to start,” said Sarah, a nurse practitioner.
First, she attended the center’s Startup Crash Course. Next, she connected with Nicolas Mayerhoeffer, an ASBTDC business consultant.
He advised her on ways to fund a new business and helped her put together a business plan she could share with lenders.
“Having the support of the ASBTDC and the business plan Nicolas helped me develop was what helped me secure financing, and I am so grateful,” she said.
After nearly a year of preparation, Reyna opened Spa City Vascular & Wellness, PLLC in July 2025.
She felt well equipped to own and operate a medical practice, thanks to her team and ASBTDC training and consulting.
“I have had and continue to have an amazing experience with ASBTDC,” said Sarah.
“I can see, based on the experiences of my colleagues who’d opened clinics before me, the many challenges I could have had if I hadn’t had all the information before I attempted to open my own clinic.”
Rounding out the team at SCVW are sonographer McKinzy Castor and office manager and medical assistant Amy Dixon. The medical biller is Shawn Colter, who works remotely.
“The response has been overwhelmingly positive, and we have been really busy,” said Reyna. “Thankfully, my suspicions about Hot Springs needing a vascular clinic were correct.”
