SANFORD – The Central Carolina Community College Small Business Centers, in response to business disruptions brought about by COVID-19, has implemented the Central Carolina Recovery Program for small businesses in Chatham, Harnett, and Lee Counties. If your business has been negatively impacted by COVID-19, you may be eligible for free Read more…
New #LocalStimulUS campaign makes it safe, easy, and rewarding for residents to support local businesses now and as our community re-opens Chapel Hill, NC: Now more than ever, local businesses need our support. The coronavirus crisis has dealt a serious blow to small businesses, but a new #LocalStimulUS campaign makes it Read more…
Published by the Chatham News + Record, written by CCCC Small Business Center director Jon Spoon. The past couple of weeks have been the most difficult of my professional life. I have heard from many people that are struggling desperately to keep their businesses and lives on track. The uncertainty Read more…
On Monday, March 23, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced new safeguards to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The measures are effective Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 5 p.m. Below are the key points of the announcement. Entertainment facilities without a retail or dining component are ordered to close, Read more…
Updated: 5.15.2020 at 11:20 a.m. The Chatham EDC, with support from partners at the Chatham Chamber of Commerce and Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill-Carrboro, is compiling resources and advice for businesses amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. This page will be updated as resources become available. Reopening Your Business The Read more…
Chances are, there is something that you use in your day-to-day life that can be traced back to Innovate Group, the holding company of both CTI Systems and Alotech in Goldston. For example, CTI Systems produces the machinery and technology that handles the circuit boards like the ones found in Read more…
Casnate con Bernate, Italy, Shanghai, China, and Siler City, USA. What all of these places have in common, among other things, is that they are all homes of A.D. Tubi, an advanced manufacturing company that produces stainless steel tubes. Their Siler City location, which serves as the company’s American headquarters, Read more…
For Bear Creek Brews, getting there is half the fun. You can rely on your GPS to get you in the right area, but you’ll need the exact directions from the owner and master brewer, Dave Peters. The GPS would have you turn down the wrong street, park, and walk Read more…
The small business survey was conducted in the late spring of 2019 and had 78 total participants from throughout Chatham County. The survey was designed and drafted by a committee comprised of EDC board members, small business owners, and other volunteers. The survey, also available in Spanish, was promoted on Read more…
A Curated General Store for the Everyday Home More thought goes into the details of Deep River Mercantile than customers and passersby may ever realize. Not even the tissue paper placed in shoppers’ bags escapes the consideration of owner Hannah Brown. Situated in the heart of downtown Pittsboro, Deep River Read more…