
U.S. Government Guaranteed Loans
U.S. Small Business Association
Carl Knoblock
SBA 7A Loans
Phone: 804-253-9087
Email: carl.b.lnoblock@sba.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Craig Barbrow-Wytheville
Rural Development
Phone: 276-228-4547
Email: craig.barbrow@va.usda.gov

State and Local Programs
Virginia Community Capital
Sandy Ratliff
http://www.vacommunitycapital.org
Phone: 276-477-3999
Email: sratliff@vccva.org
VA Department of Business Assistance
Linda Gilbert
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority
Child Care Financing Program
Phone: 540-492-0493
Email: linda.gilbert@sbsd.virginia.gov
Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Governors Opportunity Fund
Southwest Virginia Community College
Small Business Development Center at Southwest Virginia Community College
Phone: 276-964-7345
www.sw.edu
Opportunity SWVA
Resource Page
http://www.opportunityswva.org/covid-19-resources-and-assistance-for-small-businesses-and-startups/
People, Inc.
Jeremy Repass
Business Start
Ninth District Development Financing, Inc.
Phone: 276-619-2205
Email: jrepass@peopleinc.net
Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission
Jim Baldwin
Roseanne Jones
Phone: 276-889-1778
Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority
Jonathan Belcher
Phone: 276-889-0381
How to Apply for the VCEDA Seed Capital Matching Fund Grant
Virginia Tourism Corporation
Virginia Small Business Development Center
State website: https://www.virginiasbdc.org/recoveryresourcecenter/
Virginia’s Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission
Sara G. Williams- Abingdon
Phone: 276-619-4325
Email: sara.williams@tic.virginia.gov

New Business Funding Avenues
Industrial Development Authorities
Buchanan County Industrial Development Authority
Matthew Fields
Phone: 276-312-5423
Email: matthew.fields@buchanancounty-va.gov
Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority
Mitzi Sykes
Phone: 276-926-1699
Email: msykes@dickensonva.org
Russell County Industrial Authority
Ernie McFaddin
Phone: 276-971-0690
Email: ernie@mcaddinassoc.com
Tazewell County Industrial Development Authority
Pam Warden
Phone: 276-385-1271
Email: pwarden@tazewellcounty.org
Business Challenge Grant Programs
Buchanan County Business Challenge
Mary Belcher/Sandy Ratliff, Virginia Community Capital
Phone: 276-477-3999
Email: sratliff@vccva.org
Tazewell County Business Challenge
Pam Warden, Tazewell IDA/Sandy Ratliff, Virginia Community Capital
Phone: 276-477-3999
Email: sratliff@vccva.org

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