Areas Served: City of Augusta The Economic Development Loan Program, also known as the Small Business Development Loan Program (SBDLP) was created to provide financial and technical assistance to all entrepreneurs seeking to establish new businesses or to expand existing ones in Augusta, Georgia. Use of Loan Proceeds – Purchase of machinery, equipment, supplies and
Read MoreAreas Served: Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, and Webster counties, Georgia The River Valley Regional Commission is a planning and economic development agency serving sixteen counties in West Central Georgia (Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Harris, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor,
Read MoreAreas Served: City of East Athens The East Athens Development Corporation’s micro-enterprise Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) has been created for the purpose of providing capital to start-up and small businesses in East Athens, Georgia so that these businesses can create sustainable jobs and provide needed services. The RLF is specifically designed to provide capital to
Read MoreAreas Served: Georgia’s designated ESB Counties The OneGeorgia Authority, funded by one-third of the state’s Master Tobacco Settlement, understands that entrepreneurship will be crucial in shaping the future of rural Georgia. We know that entrepreneurs are a large part of the seedbed for small-business ownership, creating opportunities to fill local and regional needs with home-grown
Read MoreAreas Served: Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, and Ware counties, Georgia The purpose of the EDA Revolving Loan Fund is to finance small businesses in the eighteen-county region served by the Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC) in order to create or retain
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