Community Business Resources
Successful businesses make successful downtowns! Do you want to start or expand your business? Here you will find available resources for business start-ups in Rocky Mount.
Professional Resources
- NEED
Nash-Edgecombe Economic Development
Contact: 252-442-8503
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- OIC
Opportunities Industrialization Center: Provides comprehensive employment, training, business and health services that strengthen opportunities for people in the community.
Contact: 252-977-3730
Funding Resources
- Self Help Credit Union
Lending to individuals, small businesses and non-profits.
Contact: 252-977-7722
- Carolina Small Business Development Fund
Carolina Small Business is a statewide nonprofit and Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Lending to start-ups and existing businesses across the state, with emphasis on businesses that have difficulty accessing financing through traditional lending sources.
Contact: 252-231-2898
https://carolinasmallbusiness.org/
Local Networking Opportunities
- Downtown Merchant’s Association
The Downtown Merchant’s Association is an organization of individuals, businesses, nonprofits, and other groups working together to invest, grow, promote, and develop opportunity in Rocky Mount’s Center City.
Contact: Tarrick Pittman | 252-366-9890
- Women’s Professional Networking Group of Rocky Mount
WPN meets every Tuesday from 8:00am – 9:15am at Hampton Inn 530 N. Winstead Ave Rocky Mount NC 27804
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