Resources. WHRO-TV, Norfolk. Small Business School, the television show. A Small Business School Home Page for Chesapeake, Franklin, Hampton, Isle of Wright, Newport News, Melfa, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Southampton, Suffolk, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg

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last update: 02/11/2005

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Small business resources

Counties/Cities/Towns: Chesapeake, Franklin, Gloucester, Hampton, Isle of Wright, James City, Mathews, Newport News, Melfa, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Southampton, Suffolk, Surry, Tompkins, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg and York

1. Better Business Bureau Eastern Virginia

2. Chambers of Commerce:

· Eastern Shore of Virginia Chamber

· Franklin/Southampton Area Chamber

· Hampton Roads Chamber

· Isle of Wight, Smithfield, Windsor Chamber

· Northampton County Chamber

· Virginia Peninsula Chamber

· York County Chamber (61K, 3500)

(Total Population, # of Small Businesses)

3. Economic Development

City of Chesapeake Economic Development (207K, 1500)

Hampton Center for Community Development , c/o Hampton University Business Incubator, 6 West County Street, Suite 106, 23663 757-728-9671
Steve Hagwood

Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance

Portsmouth Center for Community Developmentt: 440 High Street, Suite 204 Portsmouth 23704 757-399-0925
Monique Harrell

Norfolk Center for Community Development c/o Norfolk RHA, 201 Granby Street, 6th Floor 23510 757-314-1646
Suzanne Ramus-Jones

Peninsula Alliance for Economic Development (PAED)

Virginia Beach Department of Economic Development

Virginia Eastern Shore Economic Empowerment & Housing Corp., PO Box 814 Nassawadox, VA 23413 757-442-4509 Robert Manoil

York County Economic Development

4. Education:

· Community Colleges: Thomas Nelson,

Tidewater, Eastern Shore

· Christopher Newport University,

· Hampton University School of Business

· Norfolk State University

· Old Dominion University

· Regent University

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Demographics - WHRO-TV Coverage

Est. Population: 2 Million (US Census data)
Est. Small Businesses: 175,000
Our Targeted Viewers: 50,000 per week
Our targeted profiles: 2000 owners.

Out of the 2 million people in the viewing area of WHRO-TV, SmallBusinessSchool is in search of the finest small business owners.

We will especially focus on having a population of at least 50K viewers who watch the weekly show.

Our target number of online profiles is 10% or about 20,000 and television profiles for broadcast is 1% or about 2000.

All of the businesses listed here are of businesses and people who are doing good things within the community and sometimes they are recognized for it. Some have been recommended. Always the show will rely mostly on the small business advocates listed on the resources pages linked above. Here is the broad selection criteria.

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	5. Finance: SBA Preferred Lenders (Banks)
	·	Bank of Hampton Roads , 201 Volvo Parkway, Chesapeake, VA 23320

	·	Innovative Bank, 708 Queen Elizabeth Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23452

	·	Monarch Bank 750 Volvo Parkway Chesapeake, VA 23320

	·	Old Point National Bank , 1 West Mellen Street Hampton, VA 23663

	·	Resource Bank, 3720 Virginia Beach Boulevard Virginia Beach 23452 See: Mary E. Smith

	·	Wachovia Bank, 928 Diamond Springs Rd Virginia Beach, VA 23455 T:757.473.2054

	·	Wells Fargo

	Also:
	·	Tidewater Business Financing Corp, R. Patrick Gomezz, 1226 Suntrust Center, 500 East Main Street, Norfolk 23510 T:757.623.2691

	·	Waterside Capital Corporation,, President, 500 East Main Street, Suite 800 Norfolk, VA 23510 T:757.626.1111 Alan Lindauer

	6. Government:
	· SBA District Office: Richmond
		- SBDC Offices: Chesapeake SBDC
		- Hampton Roads SBDC
		- Williamsburg SBDC
		- SCORE Hampton Roads

	7. Press:
	·	Inside Business: The Hampton Roads Business Journal, 258 Granby St. Norfolk 23510 T:757.222.5353

	·	The Daily Press

	·	The Virginian Pilot

	8. Technology:
	·	VA's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) Applied Research Center, 12050 Jefferson Avenue Suite 247, Newport News, VA 23606


	Profiles Online and ON TV



	Step 1. 20,000 memberships within WHRO-TV, plus registrations for Collaboration Events and to get on track of Small Business Owners who have been recognized by their industry and are loved by their community.
	Step 2. 2000 Online Profiles of Small Business Owners who have been recognized by their industry and are loved by their community.

	Step 3: 200 one-minute profiles These short introductions tell us when you began, why, when/why you hired your first employee, and your future vision.

	Step 4: 13 special SmallBusinessSchool episodes just for WHRO-TV. These are the small businesses and their owners who have been lifted up by the community, "Tell us their story, please!"

	This next page is just emerging -- we ask for your patience please. We aim to list/link at least 2000 businesses on the next page within several different categories. It is from these lists your local small business advocates will select the businesses to be profiled within the WHRO-TV viewing area.
	Profiles