The session will provide participants with an overview of SBA & USDA/Rural Business Cooperative-Services (RBS)’s programs and services. The event will focus around accessing capital and lending for startups and small businesses. Participants will have the opportunity to field questions to lenders and learn more about small business loan application requirements. In addition, representatives from the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will be present to provide an overview of their programs and services.
Speaker(s): Lin Hite, Longwood SBDC, Regional Director; Martin Short, SBA
Co-Sponsor(s): LSBDC, GMU, VSBDC, SBA, SVHEC, Halifax County Chamber
Fee: No Cost
All programs of the Virginia SBDC are open to the public on a non-discriminatory basis to all legal residents and citizens of the United States.
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Full disclosures regarding federal funding are available at https://www.virginiasbdc.org/funding-sources/.