N.C. Small Business Center Network.
Position | Small 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
Max and Martha Mahlke opened their Jimmy John's sandwich shop franchise in Lumberton last year. Four days later, Hurricane Matthew arrived in early October. Widespread flooding and power outages left the Robeson County community devastated. The Mahlkes, like many small business owners in the region, suffered economic losses strong enough to...
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