Business Resources
Small Business Center
The James Sprunt Community College Small Business Center in Duplin County was established by the State Department of Community Colleges in July 1988. The mission of the Small Business Center is to increase the success rate of small businesses in Duplin County and surrounding communities by assisting prospective and established small business persons to reach their potential by utilizing all resources available to the network.
Some of these resources include, but are not limited to:
- Confidential (one-on-one) business counseling
- Help with designing and implementing a business plan
- Free seminars on how to start-up a new business and how to improve an existing business
Small Business & Technology Development Center
The Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) was founded in 1984 and has been committed to providing business counseling and management education to prospective businesses in North Carolina. Most SBTDC services are free of charge and all SBTDC services are confidential. Their services help companies grow, expand their market and increase competitiveness by providing assistance in the following areas:
- Technology Development and Commercialization
- Government Procurement
- Export Financing Services
- Boating Industry Services
- Marketing & Research Services
Contact: SBTDC at UNC Wilmington / 5051 New Centre Drive / Wilmington, NC 28403-3297 / 910-962-3744 / uncw@sbtdc.org
Technical Assistance
- Industrial Extension Program
- Business Energy Improvement Program
- NC Green Fund
- Renewable Energy Tax Credits
- NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- NC State University
- NC A&T
- NC Agricultural Finance Authority
- USDA Farm Services Agency
- USDA Rural Development
- NC Community College System
- Rural Advancement Foundation International
- Land Loss Prevention Project
- NC Farm Transition Network
- Additional Resources for Exploring New Opportunities
Partners.
| Better Business Bureau | www.bbb.org 800-222-0950 |
| Duplin County Health Department | www.duplincountync.com 910-296-2126 |
| Duplin County Register of Deeds | www.duplinrod.com 910-296-2108 |
| Kenansville Chamber of Commerce | www.kenansville.org/chamber 910-296-1205 |
| Mt. Olive Chamber of Commerce | www.moachamber.com 919-658-3113 |
| Neuse River Dev. Authority Inc. | www.nrda.org 252-638-6724 |
| NC Cooperative Extension Office | www.ncsu.edu 910-296-2143 |
| NC Department of Commerce | www.nccommerce.com 919-733-4151 |
| NC Institute of Minority | www.ncimed.com Economic Dev. 919-682-1894 |
| NC Rural Economic Dev. Center | www.ncruralcenter.org 919-250-4314 |
| NC Secretary of State | www.sosnc.com 919-807-2000 |
| Rose Hill Chamber of Commerce | www.rosehillchamber.com 910-289-3374 |
| Self Help Credit Union | www.self-help.org 910-341-3272 |
| Service Corps of Retired Executives | www.score.org 910-296-2430 |
| Small Business & Tech. Dev. Center | www.sbtdc.org 800-258-0862 |
| UNCW | www.uncw.edu 910-962-3116 |
| US Small Business Admin. | www.sba.gov 704-344-6563 |
| Wallace Chamber of Commerce | www.wallacechamber.com 910-285-4044 |
| Warsaw Chamber of Commerce | www.townofwarsawnc.com 910-293-7804 |
