Selling small industry construction in Southwest Virginia

Elected officers, financial builders and small industry house owners working in Scott, Lee and Sensible Counties, referred to as the LENOWISCO Making plans District, accrued Sept. 20 in Scott County to focus on the significance of George Mason College’s toughen of small companies innovators thru its Small Industry Building Facilities.

Mason President Gregory Washington highlighted state and federal investments in Small Industry Building Facilities (SBDC) controlled via George Mason College.

Native industry house owners Renee Huffman Morris of Henry’s Produce, Jan Meade of Ivils Tutors, and sisters Melissa Hubbard and Jan Brown, house owners of the Whistle Pig Nation Retailer in Lee County, spoke about their reviews running with the Mason-operated SBDC in Duffield, Virginia, and the important toughen they won to expand industry plans, find accounting and industry services and products, and in finding mentorship on their adventure to start out a industry.

Keith Harless, the city supervisor of Pennington Hole in Lee County; Jeannie Stidham, The town of Pennington; and Jean Jordan, representing Virginia Coalfield Financial Building Authority (VCEDA); detailed ongoing efforts to incentivize small industry construction within the area via leveraging SBDC finances and different grant alternatives to supply group of workers construction and employment alternatives.

Kris Westover, Mountain Empire Group School (MECC) president; William Brownsberger, MECC’s vice chairman for educational affairs; and Virginia Area of Delegates Majority Chief Terry Kilgore (R-1) additionally attended.  

The Virginia SBDC community is a partnership a number of the U.S. Small Industry Management, George Mason College, and premier native host organizations during Virginia, with persisted funding from the Virginia Normal Meeting.