N.C. Small Business Center Network.

PositionSmall Business Resource

The N.C. Small Business Center Network, operated through the N C. Community College System, is the largest state-supported small business assistance program, serving more than 70,000 North Carolinians each year The 61 centers located at community colleges throughout the state are aligned with the state's eight Prosperity Zones. Potential or current business owners can take advantage of high-quality, readily accessible assistance that includes resource and referral information for a variety of business needs; free confidential one-on-one business counseling services; and high-impact seminars and classes available free of charge or for a minima! registration fee ncsbc.net

State Director: Anne Shaw, SBCN state director, N.C. Community Colleges, office: 910-938-6319, cell: 910-545-3679, shawa@nccommunitycolleges.edu.

Northwest Region

Jeff Neuville, regional director

Catawba Valley Community College

2664 Highway 70 SE Hickory, NC 28602

828-327-7000, x4102

jneuville@cvcc.edu

North Central Region

LaShon Harley, regional director

Durham Technical Community College

400 W. Main St, Ste 300, Durham, NC 27701

919-536-7241 x4501

harleyl@durhamtech.edu

Western Region

Jill Sparks, regional director

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

1465 Sand Hill Rd. Ste1060, Candler. NC 28715

828-396-7949 * pmsparkes@abtech.edu

Sandhills Region

Todd Lyden, regional director

Bladen Community College

PO Box 266, Dublin, NC 28332

910-879-5572

tlyden@bladencc.edu

Piedmont/Triad Region

Mark Hagenbuch, regional director

Guilford Technical Community College Nussbaum Center for Entrepreneurship

1451S. Elm Eugene St, Greensboro, NC 27406

336-334-4822x62003 * mhagenbuch@gtcc.edu

Northeastern Region

Ginger O'Neal, Rregional director

College of the Albemarle

PO Box 2327, Elizabeth City, NC 27906

252-335-0821 x2370

Ginger_oneal@albemarle.edu

Southwest Region

Renee Hode, regional director

Central Piedmont Community College

PO Box 3009, Charlotte, NC 28235

704-330-6832

Renee.hode@cpcc.edu

Southeast Region

Lee Woodard, regional director

James Sprunt Community College

PO Box 398, Kenansville, NC 28349

910-296-2431

Small Business Centers are ready to help no matter the situation

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