Local Resources for new Businesses
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This page contains a number of resources available in Hampton Roads to help your new business succeed. To see resources available outside of the local area, please view our external links and resources page.

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Local City Business Resources [ top ]

Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach's Website
Business in Virginia Beach

Chesapeake
Chesapeake's Website
Business in Chesapeake

Portsmouth
Portsmouth's Website
Business in Portsmouth

Hampton
Hampton's Website
Business in Hampton

Suffolk
Suffolk's City Website
Business in Suffolk

Norfolk
Norfolk's City Website
Business in Norfolk

Newport News
Newport News' City Website
Business in Newport News

Williamsburg
Williamsburg's City Website
Williamsburg Service Directory


State Resources [ top ]

Virginia Department of Business Assistance
The Virginia Department of Business Assistance is the economic development agency devoted to the growth and success of the Commonwealth's business community.

Virginia Dept of Taxation
Offers access to a variety of online services and information about taxes in Virginia.


Local Organizations [ top ]

Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce
The Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce is a business association dedicated to improving the quality of life for our region. We help our members to grow and prosper by helping them increase their business contacts, by providing them with marketing opportunities, by offering exclusive money saving programs and by giving them the chance to join with other businesses to direct public policy that affects the business community.

Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
Providing resources to improve member businesses.

Virginia Chamber of Commerce
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce is the largest, most influential general business organization, representing all business sectors in every region of the Commonwealth, including small business enterprises and Fortune 500 companies.

Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce
The Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce is business people united to enhance, promote and serve the business community. In partnership with the Williamsburg Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Chamber provides the leadership to strengthen the community's economic base and quality of life.

Central Business District Association
The purpose of the CBDA is to promote and advance the next important step in Virginia Beach's evolution - the transformation of the Pembroke area into a first-rate city center.

Virginia Beach Hotel Motel


Publications [ top ]

Inside Business
The Hampton Roads Business Journal

Virginia Business Journal
Provides market research, site selection information, meeting planners, and Virginia politics information.

VA Newswire
VA Newswire is the central source for business intelligence in Virginia.


Business Development [ top ]

HR Tech Incubator
The Hampton Roads Technology Incubator (HRTI) is dedicated to nurturing high-growth, high-tech businesses into profitable industry leaders.

Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT)
Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) is a state-chartered nonprofit corporation that accelerates Virginia's next generation of technology and technology companies.

HR Tech Council
The Hampton Roads Technology Council (HRTC) is the technology nerve center for the southeastern region of Virginia named Hampton Roads. Through the following initiatives, this member-driven non-profit organization is transforming the region and its technology companies into world-recognized technology leaders.

Hampton Roads Small Business Development Centers
SBDC works hand-in-glove with its sponsors and other supporters to provide a wide variety of services to either new of existing small businesses.

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