Assistance

Information for individuals interested in starting a business or seeking technical assistance in preparing business plans, financial projections and locating business resources.

Who To Contact & Where To Go

Education/Training

Forsyth Technical
Community College
2100 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 723-0371

Financial

City of Winston-Salem
Development Office
101 N. Main Street, Room 158
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 727-8040
www.cityofws.org/

Micro-Enterprise Loan Program
301 N. Main Street, Suite 2601
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 722-9600
www.melp@bellsouth.net

Northwest Piedmont Development Corporation
400 West 4th Street, Suite 400
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 761-2111

Self-Help Credit Union
122 N. Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 378-1840

Small Business Administration (SBA)
6302 Fairview Road, Suite 300
Charlotte, NC 28210
(800) 827-5722
www.sba.gov/

Minority

Carolina's Minority Supplier
Development Council, Inc.
700 E. Stonewall Street,
Suite 340
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 372-8731

Minority & Women-Owned
Business Enterprise Program
(M/WBE)
City of Winston-Salem
Development Office
101 N. Main Street, Suite 158
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 727-8040
www.cityofws.org/

Winston-Salem Urban League
201 West Fifth Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 725-5614

Technical

Chamber of Commerce
601 West 4th Street
Winston-Salem NC 27101
Greensboro, NC 27405
(336) 728-9200

Council For Entrepreneurial
Development
CED Entrepreneurship Center
Alexandria Technology Center
100 Capitola Drive, Suite 101
Durham, NC 27713
(919)-549-7500

Forsyth County Public Library
660 West 5th Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 727-2208

Forsyth Technical Community College
2100 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 723-0371

Piedmont Triad Entrepreneurs
Network (PTEN)
7 Battleground Court
Greensboro, NC 27408
(336) 533-0025

SCORE (Service Core of Retired Executives)

400 West Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 333-5399

High Point Chamber of Commerce
1101 N. Main Street
High Point, NC 27262
(336) 882-8625

Small Business Center
Forsyth Technical Community College
4th Street Center Chamber Building
601 West 4th Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
(336) 631-1320

Small Business Technology &
Development Center
Northern Piedmont Region
P. O. Box 19483
Winston-Salem, NC 27100
(336) 750-2030

Women

National Organization for
Women (NOW)
1000 16th Street, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 331-0066

Women´s Roundtable
Sonya Clark
Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce
601 West 4th Street
Winston-Salem NC 27101
Greensboro, NC 27405
(336) 728-9200