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The Business Incubator program at
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College is designed to provide companies maximum flexibility while working closely with them to identify areas of improvement and to assist in locating needed resources. The Business Incubator program is for a term of two years for most companies to grow in the incubator and then relocate into the surrounding community.
The incubator contains approximately 141,000 square feet as follows:
- 11,000 sq. ft. FDA approved commercial food kitchen *Blue Ridge Food Venture 30,000 sq. ft. biotechnology wet lab and office space with 14 wet labs
- 70,000 sq. ft. light manufacturing space/warehouse space 30,000 sq. ft. executive office space
The Blue Ridge Business Development Center is dedicated to the creation of technology jobs and skills for the people of Alleghany County, NC.
The Blue Ridge BDC offers free Internet access and computer training for all citizens, and provides a rich environment for entrepreneurs and current business owners to establish a niche, increase their market share and grow their businesses.
Eastern Kentucky University’s (EKU) Business and Technology Accelerator Program (BTAP) is a university-based economic development enterprise that focuses the energy, skills and intellectual capital of EKU on enterprise creation and expansion. Specializing in the areas of small business services, entrepreneurship, technology and high-tech ventures, the BTAP offers a unique combination of programs, services, and resources that seek to enhance the regional economy through new business formation.
The Incubator provides multi-faceted services and business assistance to facilitate business start-up and growth. It provides shared resources, affordable space and access to faculty, staff and management assistance.
Holston Business Development Center is a mixed-use small business incubator located in the city limits of Kingsport, Tennessee and in Hawkins County, TN. We serve both geographic areas. Our total square footage is 13,000 square feet with 22 suites with 400 square feet each and one suite with 225 square feet. We have a conference room, kitchen, classroom and small banquet room for the use of our tenants and for outside rental. We currently have seven different tenants and one affiliate member. HBDC was established and opened in August 2003. We have two staff people, a Director and an Administrative Assistant.
Our contact information is:
HBDC
2005 Venture Park
Kingsport, TN 37660
Phone: (423) 578-6235
Fax: (423) 578-6500
The "Small Business & Industry Incubator” at
144 Industrial Park Drive in Waynesville is a place to develop and grow new businesses. Owned by Smoky Mountain Development Corporation, a non-profit 501(c)4, certified development corporation, to facilitate the SBA 504 fixed asset loan program, SMDC operates a 17,000 square foot business "incubator" in Waynesville that leases space to start-up companies and provides technical assistance and business counseling. It was the very first Incubator in the state of
North Carolina in 1985. SMDC’s mission is to participate in and enhance economic development within a 10 county region by managing the incubator, which creates/retains jobs, while tenants incubate themselves and graduate into the community.
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The incubator is known as the Appalachian Enterprise Center (AEC) and it is actually a small business center. The building is 8000 square feet, and currently houses Appalachian State University’s Energy Office and SBTDC, as well as a field office for SCORE. Seventeen (17) incubator offices are available along with conference facilities.
The mission of the Bluefield State College Research and Development Corporation is to serve as a catalyst for aggressive community and economic development through high quality education, productive partnerships, and joint ventures that increase educational expertise, collaborative research, and innovative business development fostering diverse employment opportunities. The Small Business Incubator, located at 704 Bland Street, in Bluefield, WV is designed to create a dynamic environment where businesses can locate and receive special assistance in areas such as product and technology development, sales, marketing, and assistance in raising capital. In addition, the facility offers the public an auditorium, kitchen facility, computer training lab, classrooms, and meeting rooms.
The ETSU Innovation Lab is a small business incubator serving startup and early stage technology companies. We help entrepreneurs create good-paying jobs and wealth by providing facilities, business services and support during their critical early years, when the majority of small businesses fail. The Innovation Lab works in cooperation with East Tennessee State University’s College of Business and Technology, and is located one mile off the main ETSU campus at 2109 West Market Street, Johnson City, TN.
With the completion of our new $2 million wing, the Innovation Lab now has office suites, dry labs and wet labs available and we are actively recruiting startup and early stage technology companies as tenants. We are also looking for potential angel capital investors and mentors to join our networks and work with our tenant companies.
The Morehead State University Regional Enterprise Center was designed to advance interaction between the University and business constituents. The Center's Business Incubator was designed to create a dynamic environment where businesses can locate and receive special assistance in areas such as product and technology development, sales, marketing, and assistance in raising capital.
The Enterprise Center provides state of the art conference space, clerical support, meeting rooms, teleconferencing capabilities, IT support, and some of the best broadband availability in any facility available for private business use anywhere in Eastern Kentucky. MSU REC staff recognize that small businesses find raising suitable startup funds a challenge. To address this, they’ve created and work closely with a 501C3 non-profit headquartered in its facility offering small business loans to eligible tenants
The Pioneer Center was established in 1999 with the purpose of providing a sheltered environment conducive to the growth and development of small businesses. Our business incubator assists new and developing entrepreneurial companies by providing a nurturing early-stage environment, with flexible leases at affordable rates, plus business services such as fax/copying, conference areas, and management/clerical support.
The Virginia Highlands Small Business Incubator provides a facility tailored to assist small businesses and manufacturers as they develop, grow and graduate from our facility into traditional industrial and commercial space.
The Incubator’s focus is business and economic development in Washington County and the Town of Abingdon, Virginia.
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