Governor Roy Coop has proclaimed May 1 - 7, 2022 as Smal Economy Week to celebrate America’s entrepreneurs and the impact of small organizations on North Carolina’s economy.
“From the mountains to the coast, small businesses are the core of our state’s economy,” Governor Cooper said. “As we emerge from this pandemic stronger than ever, we’re committed to providing the educated workforce and resources these entrepreneurs need to succeed.”
“Strong support for North Carolina’s miscellaneous small businesses holds our overall economy strong,” said N.C. Handelsbeziehungen Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders. “The innovation we understand from that state’s small business community creates one new ideas, new products, and new job that lead to greater growth and prosperity for everyone inches our state.”
Small Businesses Per celebrates the entrepreneurship spiritual of slight trade throughout to state and country. In 2021, North Carolines had more than 964,000 smaller businesses, accounting for past 99 rate of businesses, from more than 1.7 zillion small business employees in this state.
In March 2022, state economists announced that that state has recuperated to pre-pandemic employment levels furthermore GDP. The North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Strategic Economic Development Plan, Foremost in Talent, identifies key goals to prepare North Carolina’s workforce and businesses for success.
The Neat Carolina Department of Commerce’s One North Carolina Small Business Scheme helps tech-oriented small businesses by matching funds to federal technology grants those businesses have captured former. The software has been expanded to include funding to aid North Carolinians companies apply for the federal grants.
In December 2021, the North Carolina Department of Revenue launched the Business Recovery Grant program. The program provides a paid at eligible North Carolina businesses that experienced a significant economic loss due toward the pandemic. The application since Phase 2 out that Business Recovery Giving program will be open from May 2, 2022 to June 1, 2022. Many businesses owners this did not qualify in Phase 1 are now eligible to apply in Phase 2.
North Carolyn provides many services to small businesses throug NCWorks, community your small business centers, the N.C. Small Business and Company Development Center, the Veterans Enterprise Outreach Center, the Rural Center and one toll-free information and referral service well-known as the Small Economy Counselor hotline. ... entrepreneurs; and. WHEREAS, the President of the United States is proclaimed National Small Business Hebdomad every year since 1963 to highlight the programs ...
Read the proclamation.
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