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Risk Is Their Business.
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1996
The Northwest Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission, a local development district based in Venango County, focuses on nourishing small business development and entrepreneurship in business incubators owned by local governments. One of the region's resources is the nation's first "teaching factory," which provides job…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Job Training
Wings: Women Entrepreneurs Take Flight.
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1997
Women's Initiative Networking Groups (WINGS) provides low- and moderate-income women in Appalachian Kentucky with training in business skills, contacts, and other resources they need to succeed as entrepreneurs. The women form informal networks to share business know-how and support for small business startup and operations. The program plans to…
Descriptors: Business Education, Employed Women, Entrepreneurship, Networks
A Factory without Walls: Microbusinesses in Appalachia.
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1999
Describes various programs in Appalachia that offer small loans and extensive technical assistance and training to entrepreneurs that operate microbusinesses (businesses with five or fewer employees). Discusses the potential of entrepreneurs and microbusinesses to stimulate economic development in small towns and rural areas such as Garrett…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Community Development, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship
Grass Roots Give and Take.
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1993
Describes Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation (KHIC), a nonprofit community development organization that creates jobs and helps small manufacturing businesses succeed in nine "perpetually poor" rural Kentucky counties. Outlines KHIC services: loans for both expansion and working capital; equity and real estate investments;…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Financial Support
Once Distressed, Jackson County Moves On.
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1998
In 1981, Jackson County, North Carolina, appeared on the first list of "distressed counties" in Appalachia. Since then, the rural county has made significant improvements by investing in its physical infrastructure (which also promotes tourism); fostering economic-development partnerships among governments, small businesses, and local…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Community Resources, Economic Development
Recipe for Regional Development.
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1994
The Ceramics Corridor has created new jobs in New York's Appalachian region by fostering ceramics research and product development by small private companies. Corridor business incubators offer tenants low overhead costs, fiber-optic connections to Alfred University's mainframe computer, rental of lab space, and use of equipment small companies…
Descriptors: Ceramics, Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support