THE POWER OF CDFIs and SMALL BUSINESSES
A grant from the Truist Foundation has enabled ACC members to provide critical support for diverse small businesses in Appalachia as they continue to navigate through the effects of a global pandemic.
A grant from the Truist Foundation has enabled ACC members to provide critical support for diverse small businesses in Appalachia as they continue to navigate through the effects of a global pandemic.
The small business enJOY Entertainment, LLC is a restaurant tour provider in Birmingham, Alabama. Operating as Eat.Drink.Ride.Food Tours, owner Cassandra “Joy” King introduces her guests to great local restaurants by way of her tour bus.
With fewer truck drivers on the road each day, Tim and Tammy play an important part in the supply chain that affects the local, national, and global economies, all originating from their home in Abingdon, Virginia.
Asheville, N.C. has one of fastest growing music scenes in America with several dozen venues and live acts performing every night of the week. But musicians have a hard time finding rehearsal space.
In 1994 Kelly Upchurch saw a need in rural Kentucky. Families were faced with the following tough decisions when their elderly loved ones lost mobility.
Secure Futures LLC is a Virginia company specializing in the construction of solar energy projects at tax-exempt entities such as hospitals, churches, and local school districts. The company is formerly known as E2C Solar.
Loan Closing Date: 5-28-15 Funding Source – ACC: $2.3 Million Loan Amount: $2.3 Million Location: Loudon, TN Entrepreneurs think big. They dream, plan, and execute strategies to build and sustain thriving businesses. Jeff VanHoose is [...]
Loan Closing Date: 1-08-16 Funding Source: ACC: $ 32,00, NCIF: $16,000 Loan Amount: $50,000 Location: Vilas, NC In 2013, at 101 years old, R.G. Shipley came out of retirement to launch a start-up with his [...]
Loan Closing Date: 6-06-18 Funding Source ACC: $50,000 Loan Amount: $50,000 Location: Hendersonville, NC Kay FCH is a long-term adult care home for the elderly, disabled, and mentally ill. Owner Kudzai Mabunda founded Kay FCH [...]
Loan Closing Date: 2-09-18 Funding Source – ACC: $500,000 Loan Amount: $500,000 Location: Cleveland, GA Ross Crumpton left his hometown and family in Cleveland, Georgia, a small rural town in the Appalachian mountains, to go [...]