Entrepreneurial Community

Vision 2020: The New River Valley uses local ideas and technologies, leverages private investment, and fulfills unmet and future market demands.

Goal: To increase the number of jobs created through entrepreneurial start-ups in the New

River Valley.

Strategy: Organize creative financing programs and improve entrepreneurs' access

to risk capital.

Strategy: Strengthen the New River Valley SBDC's capacity to assist in the

creation of new businesses that are competitive locally, nationally, and

globally.

Goal: To provide an instructional framework and enhanced services to entrepreneurs to

increase the success of entrepreneurial ventures.

Strategy: Provide professional, technical, and educational assistance to businesses.

Strategy: Organize creative financing programs and improve entrepreneurs' access

to risk capital.

Strategy: Locate, develop, and market appropriate facilities for entrepreneurial

ventures.

Goal: To encourage "would be" entrepreneurs through education and enhanced opportunities.

Strategy: Provide alternate educational opportunities and support to encourage

self-employment.

Strategy: Encourage and acknowledge entrepreneurial efforts in established local

industries and businesses.

Goal: To develop and coordinate entrepreneurial tourism which can provide activities and

attractions that would better utilize the tourism potential of the New River Valley.

Strategy: Identify unique natural and cultural locations and events in the region.

Strategy: Cooperatively market and coordinate scheduling of local attractions to

best utilize resources and identify the New River Valley as a tourism

destination.

Goal: Expand the use technology as a basis for entrepreneurial ventures.

Strategy: Encourage the use of locally developed technology in manufacturing

and other industry.