new ventures business development provides resources for starting and growing businesses
Tax Assistance Project Returns $86,280
The volunteer income tax assistance program provided by the Family
Financial Literacy Coalition, a program of Community
Link, has helped return $86,280 in federal tax return funds to
58 families and Anson County. Anson
Women's Center was the local partner in providing the assistance
service.
Certified tax preparers provided FREE and FAST electronic filing for 58 households earning under $49,000/year between late January and the April 15 filing deadline. Cumulative federal returns to the 58 filers totalled $86,280. Twenty of the filers qualified for Earned Income Tax Credits contributing $31,614 to the total.
Family Financial Literacy Coalition volunteers were trained and tested in current tax law using IRS materials prior to providing services to qualifying filers.
Anson Women's Center Opens
Anson
Women’s Center held a grand opening celebration Thursday,
Oct. 1, 2009, at its Lockhart-Taylor Center location at 514 N. Washington
Street, Wadesboro.
A joint initiative of New Ventures Business Development, Inc., and South Piedmont Community College, the Anson Women’s Center serves as a regional resource and advocacy facility for individuals and families. Staff work with other community agencies to help clients find the services they need to build confidence and become self-sufficient.
“The purpose of the center is to help people reach their full potential, both personally and professionally,” said Lois Crumpler, director of the Anson Women’s Center and the Anson County Outreach Coordinator for New Ventures Business Development, Inc. “The center welcomes any adult, male or female, who comes for information or assistance.”
Glenda Horton Manning, a nationally-known motivational speaker and author of children’s books, was the keynote speaker for the opening ceremony. Manning has spoken in Wadesboro before, and the message she delivered during one of those programs is often credited with sparking the HOLLA! movement in Anson County. HOLLA (Helping Our Loved Ones Learn and Achieve) is a grassroots organization focused on raising educational standards and expectations for today’s youth.
Additional women on the program included Crumpler; Anna Baucom, chairman of the Anson County Commissioners; Lula Jackson, director of the Anson County Department of Social Services; Lynn Edwards, executive director of the Anson County Chamber of Commerce; Donna McNair, retired educational administrator; Lynn Horton, former mayor of Wadesboro; and Sandy Huntley, director of the Lockhart-Taylor Center and South Piedmont Community College continuing education services for Anson County.
Rob Rollins, pastor of First United Methodist Church in Wadesboro, offered the dedication prayer. Rollins is a certified trainer in Bridges Out of Poverty and leader of the local Circles of Hope program targeting generational poverty.
Low-Cost, Flexible Work Space
The 8,100 square foot Artisan and Business Center — located in the South Piedmont Community College Lockhart-Taylor Center at 514 N. Washington St. in Wadesboro — offers studio space for artisans and craftsmen and office space suitable for businesses needing advanced technology. The flexible design can fit your specifications — large or small — offering a custom fit at a bargain price. For more information, contact New Ventures for details or call us 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