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Starting a Business in the Greater Hickory Metro Area of North Carolina

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Click here for a listing of network members

 

Small Business Development Network

Catawba County Chamber of Commerce

Catawba County Economic Development Corporation

Catawba Valley Community College Business and Industry Training / Customized Training & Development

Catawba Valley Community College Small Business Center/Corporate & Continuing Education

Hickory, City of - Planning and Development

Hickory Public Library

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

NC Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC)

North Carolina State University Industrial Extension Service

Region E Development Corporation (REDC)

Western Piedmont Council of Governments(WPCOG)

  
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