Rappahannock Region Small Business Development Center
The Rappahannock Region Small Business Development Center (RRSBDC) helps
entrepreneurs and small businesses establish, manage, and expand their organizations.
The RRSBDC provides expert, one-on-one, confidential counseling, and research
services at no cost, and it offers seminars and training programs in all aspects of small
business management at low costs. These services are available to any existing or startup
small business or potential entrepreneur.
The training and seminars include the two-hour First Steps for Starting a Business
workshop; NxLeveL Entrepreneurial Business Planning, an advanced 14-week training
program for entrepreneurs and managers; and QuickBooks as a Management Tool
for Small Business. Other workshops and training programs include SBA Lender and
Government Procurement training courses. The “Coffee and Business Series” seminars
are presented by area business people and include topics on business banking, sales
techniques, marketing strategy, and more.
The RRSBDC helps clients find loan guarantees and prepare loan packages. The
center also assists clients in locating manufacturers and trade associations, and it puts
entrepreneurs in touch with other sources of support, including local, state and federal
business development programs. The center maintains a library filled with reference
books, brochures, articles and forms of interest to small business. The RRSBDC is the
host of the Bay Area Business Network in Tappahannock, Virginia.
The RRSBDC was established in 1992 and is funded by the U.S. Small Business
Administration and the University of Mary Washington. The RRSBDC’s main office,
located at the College of Graduate and Professional Studies, serves clients from the city
of Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stafford,
and the eastern portion of Prince William. The RRSBDC’s Warsaw office serves eight
counties in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula.
For more information, call (540) 286-8060, or write to RRSBDC, College of
Graduate and Professional Studies, 121 University Boulevard, Fredericksburg, VA 22406-
7239. Send an email to rrsbdc@umw.edu or visit the web site at www.umw.edu/rrsbdc.