Client Newsletter | Volume 7 | December, 2025
 

IGNITING COMMUNITIES, ACTIVATING CHANGE: CSBDF'S 2024-2025 ANNUAL REPORT

At Carolina Small Business Development Fund, we are incredibly proud of the work we do throughout the year to light the way for North Carolina's small businesses. It is these passionate, innovate, and trailblazing small businesses that move our communities forward, and it is our privilege at CSBDF to get to work with them.


We invite you to read our 2024-25 Annual Report -- Igniting Communities, Activating Change -- to learn more about the work we do to support our entrepreneurial ecosystem, and to learn more about how some of the small businesses we have helped have been catalysts for positive change within their communities.


Read our 2024-25 Annual Report here!



BECOME AN NC EDUCATION LOTTERY VENDOR
 

Have your ever considered doing business with the NC Education Lottery? Did you know there are opportunities for your business to provide goods and services?



For more information on how to register as a NCEL vendor, please contact Cheryl Sutton, Director of Supplier Engagement at, Cheryl.sutton@lotteync.net. Once you register, your information becomes available to the lottery and its business partners as they acquire supplies, equipment, and services.
 

IGNITE FROM CSBDF

At Carolina Small Business Development Fund, we know that access to capital can fuel your business growth. That’s why we created Ignite —a flexible loan program offering up to $75,000 to help small businesses thrive. 


Ignite is built for speed, flexibility, and accessibility. Whether you’re ready to expand, invest in new equipment, or strengthen your operations, this program could be the spark your business needs.  


We are also excited to offer special interest rates starting at just 7% in Western North Carolina counties impacted by Hurricane Helene, as well as for rural-based and veteran-owned businesses! 


Click here or on the graphic to the right to learn more.
 
 

EMPOWERING THE HEART OF THE TRIANGLE
 

Lenovo Evolve Small and the Carolina Hurricanes are dedicated to supporting the small businesses that are the heart of our community. Nominate a small business in the Triangle area that you know is making a strong impact on the community, and they could be a winner of the Empowering the Heart of the Triangle Sweepstakes, presented by Lenovo!


Click here or on the graphic to the left to learn more and nominate a small business today.
 

WESTERN WOMEN'S BUSINESS CENTER HOLIDAY POP-UP SHOP

On December 6, the Western Women's Business Center hosted its annual Holiday Pop-Up Shop in the Asheville Mall.


The event featured more than 50 small businesses showcasing handmade crafts, baked goods, pottery, artwork, professional services, and much more.


The 2025 Holiday Pop-Up Shop featured a return to the Asheville Mall, where it took place in 2023 and 2022, after 2024's event took place virtually due to Hurricane Helene.

 
 

CLIENT IMPACT

Meet Jimmy Evans, the owner of Headquarters Barbershop in Raleigh. At Headquarters, Jimmy is delivering personal, professional barber services to his clients while also promoting mental health advocacy in his community through The Barbershop Therapy Foundation. 


"The team at CSBDF went the extra 10 miles to help me get a loan. I was so greatly appreciative," says Evans. "The loan helped me to expand my business...We're giving the shop a complete makeover and turning it into five individual suites to really emphasize that personal approach to serving our clients."


Read the full story here!


 
 
 
 
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