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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
09/05/2024 - MARTINSVILLE, VA - The Chamber's Partnership for Economic Growth (C-PEG) is launching its
application process for the Fall 2024 round of Grow Martinsville-Henry County. Grow Martinsville-Henry County is a four-week boot-camp for growing companies who have been in business for 2 years or longer. The application
process is competitive, and applicants must comply with the program guidelines. Applications are due by noon on
Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
Partners include C-PEG, City of Martinsville, Henry County, the Campbell Family Group and the George W. Lester, II fund through the Community Foundation Serving Western Virginia. Additionally, Appalachian Power is a sponsor of Startup and Grow Martinsville-Henry County, and Atlantic Union Bank is the small business sponsor for Chamber and C-PEG events.
Since 2015, when the initiative originally began as Startup Martinsville in the Uptown Martinsville area with a
Community Business Launch grant from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, the
geographic area has grown to include the entire footprint in the City of Martinsville and Henry County thanks to
support from both locales and private sector funding. C-PEG received additional grant funding from the Tobacco
Region Revitalization Commission which awards a dollar-for-dollar match to businesses from the targeted sectors
including agribusiness, technology, small-scale production, manufacturing, and health care businesses.
To date, the initiative has successfully graduated 349 individuals from its training programs, awarded 96 businesses with over $693,720 in cash and in-kind funding.
C-PEG partners with Patrick & Henry Community College to deliver the entrepreneurial boot camp sessions as well as Longwood’s Small Business Development Center, and a host of staff from the City and County, local
entrepreneurs and business experts.
All interested participants are encouraged to complete the application located at the link labeled Boot Camp
Application by the deadline of September 24, 2024. Applications are being accepted for the Grow MHC boot camp only. The application for the StartUp MHC program will be released later this year for the next cohort which will begin in 2025. More details can be found in Guidelines for Start Up MHC and Grow MHC link below.
Please contact the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce with any questions at 276.632.6401 or
mhccoc@mhcchamber.com.
Martinsville-Henry County Chamber's Partnership for Economic Growth (C-PEG) is an independent, yet closely
aligned, charitable affiliate of the Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce. C-PEG is charged with funding and supporting the area's efforts to improve economic growth.
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