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Welcome to the
Surry County
Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber exists to encourage the success of local businesses
and to promote positive community growth.
Next Chamber Event
June 13 -
6:00 pm
at The Center
(57
Colonial Trail E. -- between
Surry Town Hall and the Post Office).
Officers and Directors meet at 5:00pm
Market
Day In The Park
We support the efforts by the SPCA to bring attraction and vendors to
our community. We have reserved space for 2 booths and will support
new businesses interested in displaying their products and services.
Come join the fun - Market hours are from 9:00am to 3:00 pm,
the second Saturday of each month. (April
through November) The location is the park in Surry across
from the Surrey House Restaurant. Contact Susan Moss for details baymarshsm@gmail.com
Surry
County Events Calendar
Help us build a calendar
of community events by submitting information from your civic group, church,
organization, or hunt club. Our goal is to create a comprehensive calendar
of events that will show everything happening in Surry County! Email your
specifics to greg@gregschaale.com
or bring your printed copy to The Center.
Announce Your
Event
Surry County is now registered at www.Virginia.org,
the statewide marketing/tourism website, and is able to add and update
listings for events in
Surry County.
Events, Exhibits, and Meetings must be added 120 days
prior to the event and can be submitted to County staff by email at
pbernshausen@surrycountyva.gov.
Please include all pertinent information:
contact name and phone number if additional information is needed.
This
is an 11 MB file and download time will be
dependent upon your Internet access.
Thinking of relocating to Surry County?
Click here to order your complimentary
Welcome Packet
Email
- Anyone needing an email address for the
Chamber can use mail@surrychamber.org
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All mail is forwarded to Greg Schaale.
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Smith's
Fort Plantation, the "Cornwallis' Advance
on Yorktown" Revolutionary War Re-enactment.

June 23rd & 24th, 2012
Gates Open from 12 Noon until 5PM Daily
Download
the poster
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A
Report on
The Food Shopping Patters of Surry County Residents & the
Opportunities for More and Varied Retail Locations in the County
Prepared by Carolyn Wren, Master of Urban and Regional
Planning Program, L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public
Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University
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BUSINESS
LOAN
FUNDS
Directory
of Small Business Loan Programs |
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Use this link (www.businessloanfunds.com)
to find information on small business loans available in Surry
County.
- Micro
Loan Fund - Center for Community Development
- Economic
Development Loan Fund - Virginia Department of Business Assistance
- Micro
Loan Program - Prosper
- Virginia
Tobacco Commission Southside Capital Access Program - Virginia
Department of Business Assistance
- Minority
Loan Guaranty/Participation Program - Business Consortium Fund,
Inc.
- Small
Business Lending Fund - U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Small
Business Loans - ACCION USA
- Child
Care Financing Program - Virginia Department of Business Assistance
- Entrepreneur
Training and Microenterprise Loan Programs - Business Seed Capital,
Inc
- Loan
Guaranty Program - Virginia Department of Buiness Assistance
- SBA
Business Loan Programs
- USDA
Business & Industry Loan Guarantee Program
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Visit
Us On
facebook
Visit, "like", and post on our page.
See
what our members post and the new things that their businesses
are doing. Post your questions for our members and other business
people in Surry.
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Surry
County
Community Profile
Provided
by the Virginia Employment Commission
Open
.pdf file of report
This report provides a community
profile of Surry County. It is intended to compliment the information
found in VEC's Virginia Workforce Connection application, which
can be accessed online
at:www.VirginiaLMI.com
The report is divided into three major sections. The first contains
a profile of regional demographic characteristics and trends,
the second supplies similar information for the regional economy,
and the third provides a profile of regional education
characteristics.
To get the most
current report information,
go to the VEC web site:
- go to www.vaemploy.com
- scroll down to the blue box labeled Labor
Market Information LMI
- select Publications,
- click on Community Profile for specific
areas
This is public information drawn from a variety of sources,
many of which are updated frequent
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Starting
A Business
in Surry County
The
Chamber is ready to assist any new business in the County. If
you have questions on where to start or who to see, we'll do our
best to get the answers. Contact greg@gregschaale.com
for details.
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