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Local Small Business Resource Partners
LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Boone
Region D Development Corp, Inc
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings....View details

Boone
W.A.M.Y. Community Action
Provides small loans ranging from under $100 to a maximum of $25,000 to prospective, small business borrowers and backed by the US SBA. Executive Director: Dr. James Jordan Micro-Loan Contact:...View details

Charlotte
Business Expansion Funding Corp.
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings....View details

Charlotte
Centralina Development Corp, Inc
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings....View details

Hickory
Region E Development Corp (REDC)
Region E Development Corporation (REDC) is designated by the United States Small Business Administration as a Certified Development Corporation, serving the entire State of North Carolina. Using...View details

New Bern
Neuse River Development Authority, Inc
Provides small loans ranging from under $100 to a maximum of $25,000 to prospective, small business borrowers and backed by the US SBA. Executive Director: Donald T. Stewart...View details

Ruther-
fordton

Region C Development Corp, Inc
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings....View details

Waynesville
Smokey Mountain Development Corp
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings....View details

Weaverville
Asheville-Buncombe Development Corp
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings....View details

Wilmington
Wilmington Industrial Develoment, Inc
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings....View details

Winston-Salem
Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments
A non-profit corporation partnering with the US SBA and private sector lenders to provide growing businesses with long-term, fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings....View details



Statewide and Nationwide Small Business Resource Partners
LOCATION
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Statewide
Self-Help Ventures Fund
Provides loans from $1,000 to several million. Serves small to medium-sized businesses and nonprofits. Partners with US SBA to offer some loan programs....View details

Nationwide
Accion USA
ACCION USA is a private, nonprofit organization that provides microloans and other financial services to low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs who are unable to access bank credit for their...View details

Nationwide
Fund A Scientist
Contact: George Kurzon, M.D. Fund A Scientist is a website where individuals or institutions with funding can seek out scientists with innovative projects and provide ...View details

Nationwide
National Veterans Business Development Corporation
d/b/a The Veterans Corporation (TVC)
TVC fosters entrepreneurship and business opportunities for Veterans and Service Disabled Veterans by providing the tools and resources they need to be successful in business such as access to...View details

Nationwide
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
USDA Rural Development provides financial and technical resources in rural areas in order to support community and economic development opportunities, as well as improve quality of life issues....View details

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