N.C. Small Business and Technology Development Center.

• Position: SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE

N.C. Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) is North Carolina's leading resource for growing and developing businesses. Since 1984, the SBTDC has helped over 130,000 North Carolina business owners and prospective entrepreneurs make better decisions--often leading to in creased revenue and employment. Our average established business client has experienced double-digit percentage increases in sales and employees soon after working with the SBTDC. Our clients also credit the SBTDC with saving revenues and jobs - an average of 4,000 N.C. jobs each year.

REGIONAL SERVICE CENTERS:

1 SBTDC at Appalachian State University

(828) 262-2492 (Boone)

(828) 345-1110 (Hickory)

Serving counties: Alleghany, Alexander, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey

2 SBTDC at Western Carolina University

(828) 227-3504 (Cullowhee)

(828) 251-6025 (Asheville)

Serving counties: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, and Transylvania

3 SBTDC at UNC-Charlotte

(704) 548-1090 (Charlotte)

Serving counties: Anson, Cabarrus, Southern Irdell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rowan, Stanly, and Union

4 SBTDC at Winston-Salem State University, N.C. A&T State University

(336) 750-2030 (Winston-Salem)

(336) 256-9300 (Greensboro)

Serving counties: Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Northern Iredell, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin

5 SBTDC at UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. Central University

(919) 962-0389 (Chapel Hill)

(919) 530-7386 (Durham)

Serving counties: Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, and Person

6 SBTDC at N.C. State University

(919) 513-1500...