new ventures business development provides resources for starting and growing businesses
Survive And Thrive In A Recession
As the sagging economy impacts small businesses, a panel discussion on surviving and thriving answers questions and suggests strategies in three business areas: business strategies; marketing and sales; and finance. The movies are in Windows Media format.
The panelist are: Sarah French, owner Blu Moon Café; Dale Nelson, owner of Nelson Land and Livestock; Dana Maness, banker, Anson Bank and Trust Co.; Tom Neal, Small Business Administration; Stu Bantit, NCC-C Small Business Technology Development Center; Herb Joyner, SCORE; Dennis Harlow, professor of Business, Wingate University; Vince Holloman, Small Business Center, South Piedmont Community College. The panel moderator is Lois Crumpler, outreach coordinator, New Ventures Business Development, Inc.
If additional information is needed, contact Crumpler at 704-272-5457.
Nearly $2M Of Economic Impact
New Ventures Business Development, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, is one of seven Business and Technology TeleCenters in North Carolina that were established under the e-NC Authority. The centers support economic development in rural counties by providing resources for new business start ups and improving existing businesses and by infusing technology into business operations. Through outreach, New Ventures identifies small business entrepreneurs, then identifies or develops resources to remove any obstacles between the entrepreneur and success.
Through 2007, New Ventures has provided entrepreneurs with 811 one-to-one consultations, conducted 16 seminars and workshops totaling 226 attendees and 592 contact hours, and created 59 jobs. During calendar 2007, NVBDI documented 429 consultations and meetings with local entrepreneurs, leading to the creation of 27 jobs.
Entrepreneurs
with whom New Ventures worked during 2007 reported revenues of $1,155,500;
capital investment totaled $449,000; property taxes paid exceeded $6,100;
and payroll to employees and contractors was $384,854. The total activity
for those entrepreneurs produced a gross raw dollar impact of $1,995,539.
Resources provided and under development by New Ventures include:
- The Artisan and Business Center provides an art gallery as well as office and studio space with shared services;
- Olde Mill Gallery and Studios for spurring sales and driving tourism traffic using a collaborative marketing plan to make the center and Anson County a heritage-tourism and entrepreneurial destination
- A Women's Center to provide women with avenues to move forward in building their confidence and understanding of an ever changing world and to empower, embrace, enrich, and enlighten them through knowledge, skill building, networks and resources;
- An e-commerce web site, ebizanson.org, that allows the arts and crafts community and local merchants to reach markets outside their geographic boundaries;
- And a certified, shared-use commercial kitchen available to caterers and value-added producers — opening mid-2009.
New Ventures is headquartered in the South Piedmont Community College Lockhart-Taylor Center at 514 N. Washington St. in Wadesboro. Contact us at 704-272-5457 for more information.
Location
The Anson County Center is located in the South Piedmont Community College Lockhart-Taylor Center at 514 North Washington Street, Wadesboro, N.C.
Contact the center at the the Lockhart-Taylor Center at 704.272.5457.
Anson Schedule
The Anson Center currently is open Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 9-3, and by appointment. Contact the center at 704.272.5457.
Visit the ebizanson.org site to shop for acclaimed art and quality merchandise from local sellers.
SPCC Small Business Center maintains a resource center at the Lockhart-Taylor Center. Contact Vince Holloman at 704.694.6505.
SCORE consultants are available by appointment. Contact the NVBDI Anson Center at 704.272.5457.
Union Schedule
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SPCC Small Business Center staff is available by appointment. Contact Vince Holloman at 704.289.8588.
SCORE consultants are available by appointment. Contact the Union County Chamber at 704.289.4567.
Sponsors
Union County Chamber of Commerce
South Piedmont Community College
Partners
South Piedmont Community College Small Business Center