The Purpose of the Small Business Center is to increase the success rate and the number of viable small businesses by providing high quality, readily available assistance to prospective and existing small business owners. The overall objectives are to foster and support entrepreneurship and economic development and help equip people in both urban and rural communities to succeed in a technologically driven world.
The Small Business Center Network has been in existence for forty years assisting the business, local government and non-profit sectors in accomplishing their goals. Our major focus is small businesses and start-ups.
Halifax Community College SBC service area includes businesses intending to locate, or who are currently located (physically), in Halifax County and Northampton County up to the Jackson, NC City Limits. If you would like to receive private counseling from the HCC Small Business Center, please complete the following online registration: Register for Counseling.
SBC Office Location: Advanced Manufacturing & Corporate Training Center (800 Building)
Kelly W. Barber, Small Business Center Director
Email: [email protected]
Office: 252-536-7274
Sandra Rudd-Knight, SBC Administrative Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Office: 252-536-7261
Please register in order to receive free, confidential business advice from our advisors. Registration is fast, easy, and free. Our business counseling services are:
Businesses MUST be physically located (or will intend to locate) with a mailing address in the Halifax Community Small Business Center service area. There are 58 service areas based at Community Colleges across North Carolina so all businesses may be serviced through their local SBC.
Entrepreneurial Support Partners:
Due to severe weather expectations: HCC will close at 12:00 noon today 3/5/2025. Please be safe