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Business Development Centre
Lynchburg, Virginia

Established in 1989, Business Development Centre, Inc. is an incubator/ small business resource center located in Lynchburg, Virginia.  The center is a nonprofit corporation committed to helping small business owners, especially low- to moderate-income individuals, minorities and females, find the assistance needed to start or grow their businesses. In 1995, the Business Development Centre established a microenterprise program with funding from VEI and the Small Business Administration.

Cities of Bedford and Lynchburg, Counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell, and the Towns of Altavista and Amherst

Mr. Byron Steward
Business Development Centre, Inc.
147 Mill Ridge Road
Lynchburg, Virginia 24502
Phone: (434)582-6100
Fax: (434) 582-6106
E-Mail: loanfundmgr@lbdc.com
www.lbdc.com

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Business Seed Capital, Inc
Roanoke, Virginia

Total Action Against Poverty (TAP) is a community action agency created in 1965. Since that time, it has focused its mission on addressing the economic and community development needs of economically disadvantaged persons. In 1994, TAP created Business Seed Capital, Inc. (BSCI) to assist low-income and marginalized individuals with small business development in the Roanoke Valley. With VEI funding provided in 1995, BSCI expanded its entrepreneur training program to include microlending.

Cities of Clifton Forge, Covington, Roanoke and Salem, Counties of Alleghany, Bath, Botetourt, Craig, and Roanoke, and the Town of Vinton.

Curtis Thompson,
Program Director
TAP/Business Seed Capital, Inc.
145 Campbell Ave., SW
Roanoke, VA  24001
540-345-6781, ext. 4423
540-344-6998 (fax)
e-mail: curtis.thompson@tapintohope.org
website: www.businessseed.com

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Center for Community Development Inc.
Portsmouth, Virginia

Created in 1990 to provide quality affordable housing in Portsmouth, The Center for Community Development Inc. (CCDI) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization. CCDI has expanded its services to include a more holistic community development program involving youth activities and arts and cultural programming. In 1994, CCDI began its cottage industry program, a very small microenterprise program.

Cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach

Ms. Monique Harrell
The Center for Community Development Inc.
440 High Street, Suite 204
Portsmouth, Virginia 23704
Phone: (757) 399-0925
Fax: (757) 399-2642
E-mail: profit1@ccdi-va.net
http://www.ccdi-va.net

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Community Business Partnership
Alexandria, Virginia

Community Business Partnership (CBP) was formed in 1995 to create and foster opportunities for small businesses in Fairfax county, primarily among low and moderate-income individuals. CBP has made 23 loans since 1998, when the Microloan Program was started. In 2001, CBP partnered with the Hispanic Committee of Virginia to offer a series of four classes in Spanish for business start-ups. CBP continues to offer other business courses in Spanish.  CBP provides small business training, business planning assistance, individual counseling and technical assistance, commercial loan packaging assistance, and a micro-loan direct lending program.

Fairfax County

Ms. Pauline Leitch
Community Business Partnership
7001 Loisdale Rd
Springfield, VA 22150
Phone: (703) 769-1440
Fax: (703) 768-0547
E-mail: pleitch@gmu.edu
http://www.cbponline.org

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ECDC Enterprise Development Group
Arlington, Virginia

The Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) has offered a microenterprise program since 1992 when it received a $250,000 grant from the Office of Refugee Resettlement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This program grew to include a variety of constituents and became the Enterprise Development Group (EDG) in 2000. Also in 2000, EDG established itself as a Community Development Financial Institution. The mission is to promote opportunities for self-sufficiency of low-to-moderate income people through sustainable economic and community development initiatives. EDG is the chief provider of the Small Business Association (SBA) Microloan Intermediary lender program in the metro D.C. region.

Cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, Prince William, Washington, D.C., and the Maryland Counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s.

Mr. Haddish Welday
ECDC Enterprise Development Group
901 South Highland Street
Arlington, Virginia 22204
Phone: (703) 685-0510
Fax: (703) 685-4200
Email:
Haddish.Welday@entdevgroup.org
www.entdevgroup.org/

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Middle Peninsula Business Development Center
Saluda, Virginia

This program was created by the Middle Peninsula Planning District Commission in 2000 and assists entrepreneurs by providing access to training, technical assistance and capital. The specialized training classes, microloans, and one-on-one business assistance have been a vital resource for over 300 low-income entrepreneurs covering a large, geographic area.

Counties of Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Mathews, and Middlesex, and the towns of Tappahannock, Urbanna, and West Point

Ms. Candie Newman
Middle Peninsula Business Development Partnership
Post Office Box 286
Saluda, Virginia 23149
Phone: (804) 758-4917
Fax: (804) 735-3221
E-mail:
cnewman@mppdc.com
www.mpbdp.org/

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New Visions, New Ventures
Richmond, Virginia

New Visions, New ventures (NVNV) was formed as a nonprofit in 1998 to promote economic independence for low-income women.In 1999, the organization began implementing the From Prison to Entrepreneurship program, to reach incarcerated as well as community-based low-income women. The program was designed to promote economic independence for women in difficult life circumstances by providing opportunities for self-employment and microenterprise development.  NVNV offers training, technical assistance, access to capital, follow-up assistance, and support services.

The City of Richmond and the Counties of Fluvanna and Goochland. 

Dr. Ann Parker Maust
New Visions, New Ventures
801 East Main Street
Suite 1102
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 643-1081
Fax:  (804) 643-1085 (fax)
E-mail: apmaust@cavtel.net
www.nvnv.org/

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People Incorporated Financial Services
Abingdon, Virginia

People, Inc was formed to create economic opportunities for low- to moderate- income individuals and is a nonprofit corporation.  In 1992, BusinesStart was formed to specifically focus on microenterprise development and self-employment in the region. Within the past 12 years, more than 180 businesses have started, expanded, or been retained as a result of this program.

Cities of Bristol, Galax, and Norton, Counties of Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Floyd, Grayson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe

Deborah S. Wagner
People, Inc
Central Office
1173 West Main Street
Abingdon, VA 24210
(276) 623-9000
(276) 466-6527
E-mail:dwagner@peopleinc.net