The Shenandoah
Valley Small Business Development Center (SV SBDC) is one
of 29 centers across Virginia providing
professional business counseling, training and information resources
to help grow and strengthen Virginia businesses. The Virginia SBDC network
is the most extensive business development program in the Commonwealth.
The SV SBDC was established in 1989 at James Madison University
and added a second office at Blue Ridge Community College in 2002. The
centers
offer free counseling services,
assist with feasibility studies and business planning, sponsor seminars
and training events,
and provide information and other services to new and existing small and medium-sized
businesses in the Valley.
Our service area
includes the counties of Alleghany, Augusta, Bath, Highland, Page, Rockbridge,
Rockingham,
and Shenandoah, and the cities therein.
The SV SBDC receives programmatic and financial support from the Small
Business Administration, George Mason University, James Madison University,
Blue
Ridge Community College, and local businesses.