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The Nest is a collaborative facility for students and community members to gather and create business ideas and generate innovative strategies.
The One Stop Virginia Department of Business Assistance works with existing businesses to foster growth and prosperity and assisting entrepreneurs in forming a lucrative business. They host a variety of educational events throughout the Commonwealth weekly. Topics range from selling to the state, social media, mobile marketing & eCommerce, iPad for business, accessing capital, and other business resources.
People Incorporated of Virginia is one of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s largest and most successful Community Action Agencies. People Incorporated offers over 32 programs designed to, “give people a hand up, not a hand out.” People Incorporated Financial Services offers loans, development services and financial products to small and emerging businesses. People Incorporated Financial Services works to strengthen local economies in 22-jurisdiction service areas including the counties of Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Floyd, Grayson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe and the cities of Bristol, Galax and Norton in Southwest Virginia and the counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, and Warren in the Northern Shenandoah Valley.
Business Loans
People Incorporated Financial Services strives to serve our business community in a way that empowers you, the entrepreneur, to achieve your goals of small-business ownership. Our team understands the unique challenges faced by small businesses and is dedicated to providing business services that fuel sustainable growth and drive success.
We offer:
- Low-interest loans for startup and expansion
- Business and marketing plan assistance
- Technical support
- Credit counseling
- Access to small-business resources
You may be eligible if:
- You have sufficient collateral
- Your loan creates or maintains jobs for low- or moderate-income individuals
- You are opening or expanding a small business in one of People Incorporated’s service areas
Take the first step toward success today! Contact our team to learn more!
If you are starting or expanding a business, the Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator (VHSBI) offers support, services, and education to help make your business succeed. Located in Abingdon, the VHSBI provides business planning assistance, free business classes, co-working spaces, and access to business development partners.
The VHSBI facility is equipped with high speed Internet, VoIP, conference facilities, and back-up power generation.
To promote the Wilderness Road: Virginia’s Heritage Migration Route through tourism marketing, utilizing regional partnerships and promotion of cultural and historic resources in a way that advances economic development throughout our defined service area.
The Crooked Road is celebrating 20 years of promoting old time and bluegrass music in the mountains of Southwest Virginia in 2024. Musical milestones are happening all along this cultural corridor including the 20th Anniversary of the Ralph Stanley Museum, the 10th Anniversary of the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, the 40th Anniversary of the Floyd Country Store Friday Night Jamboree, and the 50th Anniversary of the Carter Family Fold.
‘Round the Mountain has focused its efforts to “promote sustainable economic development of the region’s communities by assisting local artisans with marketing, educational, and entrepreneurial opportunities,” to quote our mission statement.
We continue to build a sustainable creative economy that preserves, protects and interprets our rich heritage and natural resources, creates jobs, and welcomes both visitors and new businesses to our region.
By capitalizing on the unique qualities of our region, Southwest Virginia utilizes its cultural and natural assets to build a comprehensive, long-term, sustainable economy through initiatives like the Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace (formerly Heartwood), The Crooked Road,’ Round The Mountain, and related cultural heritage organizations and venues that promote entrepreneurial and employment opportunities.
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