Jessica Bond
Teaming up with the NAACP
This past summer, SCCF partnered with the NAACP and People Inc. to facilitate our Business Bootcamp entrepreneurship program for Black...
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Anika Horn
- Aug 29
Vocal About What Matters
“When I first explored my creative side, I bought a silhouette cutter (device for printing on apparel) and immediately hated it. What had...
Ashley Wenger
- Jul 30
Building a strong foundation
Last summer, we met Daniel Kelly II, the founder of M.E. Opus, a music and entertainment venture in the Northern Valley. M.E. Opus is the...
Anika Horn
- Feb 21
RISE
When you first visit RISE Organization in Waynesboro, you don’t simply walk into an office. Upon entering, Founders Sharon Fitz and...
Anika Horn
- Feb 6
B-Cubed: Black and Brown-owned Business Growth Program
When COVID-19 broke out in March 2020, small businesses struggled to remain open during lockdowns and the subsequent economic standstill....
Ashley Wenger
- Jan 8
Pink Ambition Pole Fitness
What do you do when your business partnership starts to go south? For many entrepreneurs, having a business partner is a huge weight off...
Anika Horn
- Nov 28, 2022
The Walker Program: A renaissance of Black business in the Southern Valley
Once an important destination in the Motorist Green Book, Black-owned businesses dwindled for a half-century in Lexington, VA, until the...
Ashley Wenger
- Nov 21, 2022
Axe Warehouse
Starting a business is time-consuming enough as it is. Starting a business while you’re a student in school is even busier still. But...
Ashley Wenger
- Nov 15, 2022
Simply Clean
When Mallory Douglas moved her cleaning business, Simply Clean, from Virginia Beach to Lexington, she had 40 dollars and the...
Ashley Wenger
- Sep 26, 2022
C&C Country Cooking
Two weeks ago, entrepreneurs from around the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia traveled to Staunton to attend the very first Shenandoah...
Ashley Wenger
- Aug 29, 2022
M.E. Opus
In Winchester, Virginia, there’s music in the air. Though jazz music originated hundreds of miles away in New Orleans, Louisiana, the...
Ashley Wenger
- Aug 22, 2022
McCutcheon and Jones Funeral Home and Cremation Services
When was the last time that you spotted a funeral home on your local list of “Top 10 favorite small businesses”? While some of us don't...
Nick Koger
- Aug 19, 2022
Remix Studio
Remix Studio is bringing affordable dance classes to Harrisonburg, Virginia. Nick Koger, Community Outreach at SCCF, spoke with Amethyst...
Ashley Wenger
- Aug 10, 2022
Retail VR
Imagine you could show customers your business without them ever leaving their house. You could show them every product on your shelves,...
Ashley Wenger
- Aug 1, 2022
Celebrating National Black Business Month
August is National Black Business Month! Established in 2004 by historian John William Templeton and engineer Frederick E. Jordan Sr.,...
Nick Koger
- Jul 18, 2022
Celebrate Juneteenth in the Shenandoah Valley
Juneteenth, a national holiday held on June 19th, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans through the ratification of...
Debbie Irwin
- Jul 15, 2022
Fathers&Sons
Tarrod Dobbins is the proud owner of Fathers&Sons Barbershop that can be found on 115 Greenville Ave, Staunton, VA 24401. He has been...
Debbie Irwin
- Jul 15, 2022
RISE
Rise Foundation is an organization that recognizes the unique struggles of the black community and works to meet those needs in very...
Debbie Irwin
- Jul 15, 2022
HVNGRY
To Jamal Carter, a HVNGRY person is someone who does not stop working until their aspirations come to life. This is exactly what Carter...
Debbie Irwin
- Jul 15, 2022
BeCardless
Nick Koger created a mobile networking application that allows users to create and share their business cards. Users can customize video...
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