Small Business Development Center
Printer-friendly versionSouthern West Virginia Community and Technical College's Small Business Development Center (SBDC), one of 14 centers statewide, is a member of the West Virginia Small Business Development Center Program, made possible through a cooperative venture among Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, the West Virginia Development Office and the U. S. Small Business Administration.
The SBDC promotes economic development in a five-county region in the southern West Virginia coalfields through a program of practical, inter-related services, providing free assistance to existing small businesses and the emerging entrepreneur. The aim of the SBDC is to increase entrepreneurial success by focusing business efforts on planning, market development, and appropriate financing.
This assistance includes a variety of services such as:
- Confidential, one-to-one business consulting
- Start-up workshops
- Problem solving and assistance for existing business
- Business start-up assistance
- Loan packaging
- Training grants through the Small Business Work Force
- Small business training
- Small group seminars
For more information, please contact Harold Patterson, SBDC Coach, at (304) 862-3144 ext. 240 or hpatterson@frontiernet.net.
