SBA Steps In: Vital Aid for Virginians Recovering from Tropical Storm Helene including McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, and Summers in West Virginia

Low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are available to businesses and residents in Virginia following the announcement of a Presidential disaster declaration for Hurricane Helene that began on Sept. 25. “SBA’s mission-driven team stands ready to help small businesses and residents in Virginia impacted by this disaster in every way possible under President...

October 8, 2024By Mark BurdetteBusiness Growth, Disaster Recovery, SBA, Supporting Small Businessdisaster recovery, SBA, Small BusinessRead more...

College Football, Tailgating, and Small Business

Whether you are rooting for the Mountaineers or the Thundering Herd, make sure you are cheering on West Virginia small businesses this football season! Small businesses are the engine of our economy. Today, there are over 33 million small businesses and startups in the United States and 99 percent of those...

October 4, 2024By Karen FrielSBA, Supporting Small BusinessSBA, Small BusinessRead more...

SBA District Director Looks back on SBA 2024 National Small Business Week as nominations open for National Small Business Week 2025

The time has come again for the U.S. Small Business Administration to collect nominations for the 2025 National Small Business Week Awards. The NSBW Awards recognize the outstanding achievements, triumphs, contributions, and resilience of SBA-assisted small businesses that help to drive the American economy. Last year SBA’s West Virginia District Office celebrated...

September 16, 2024By Mark BurdetteAwards and Special RecognitionsAwards, SBA, Small BusinessRead more...

SBA to Help West Virginia Businesses Affected by Drought

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) are available in West Virginia for small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture, and most private nonprofit organizations with economic losses due to drought that began on Aug. 20. The...

September 4, 2024By Mark BurdetteBusiness Growth, Disaster Recovery, SBA, Supporting Small Businessdisaster recovery, SBA, Small BusinessRead more...

SBA to Help West Virginia Businesses Affected by Drought

August 13, 2024By Mark BurdetteBusiness Growth, Disaster Recovery, SBA, Supporting Small Businessdisaster recovery, SBA, Small BusinessRead more...

America’s Seed Fund Road Tour Event in Huntington Receives Large Turnout

TechConnect, in partnership with Marshall University and the West Virginia Small Business Development Center, hosted an event on May 17 at the Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation at Marshall University to help entrepreneurs, small business owners, and researchers learn how they can grow their businesses through the...

June 3, 2024By Mark BurdetteSBA, SBIR/STTR, Supporting Small BusinessSBA, SBIR/STTR, Small Business, TechConnectWVRead more...

New Changes for PPP and COVID EIDL Defaulted Borrowers

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is now referring defaulted PPP and COVID EIDL borrowers to the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service for collection on defaulted loans. Such borrowers may face significant consequences, including negative impact on credit scores; withholding of future state and federal tax refunds...

May 31, 2024By Mark BurdetteDisaster Recovery, SBA, Supporting Small Businessdisaster recovery, SBA, SBA Loans, Small BusinessRead more...

Emerging Farmers

Emerging Farmers Date: May 22, 2024 Time: 9:00am to 3:30 pm Registration: Emerging Farmers (ecenterdirect.com) Sponsor: ODU Veterans Business Outreach Center Event description: Considering farming? Get the information you need! This session is applicable to almost every form of farming-- from micro-farms, hydroponics, urban, and wetlands to traditional farms. Get access and advice from experts...

April 30, 2024By Mark BurdetteSBA, webinarRead more...

SBA Disaster Assistance for Impacted West Virginia Businesses

Join this SBA event to learn about economic injury disaster loans (EIDL) and other special assistance for for-profit and non-profit West Virginia businesses impacted by physical disaster or economic injury. Following a presentation by the SBA, representatives from SCORE, Operation Hope, Truist Bank and the SBA will address your questions and...

April 11, 2024By Mark Burdettedisaster recovery, SBARead more...

SBA Offers Economic Assistance to Mid-Atlantic Small Businesses Affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse

SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman announced that Mid-Atlantic small businesses affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on March 26, 2024 may apply for low-interest, long-term Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). “The SBA joins the entire federal...

April 1, 2024By Mark BurdetteBusiness Growth, Disaster Recovery, SBA, Supply Chain, Supporting Small Businessdisaster recovery, SBA, Small Business, supply chainRead more...