Olive Hill CEDC WNC Strong: Rebuilding Together
Community Services Non Profits
Why pick this one
Olive Hill CEDC provides free Starter U entrepreneurship education plus one-on-one guidance, financial-readiness support, and access-to-capital referrals.
Best for
- Aspiring entrepreneurs exploring a business idea
- Existing small businesses needing planning, coaching, or technical assistance
- Minority-owned businesses seeking certification, contracting, or supplier-diversity resources
- First-time homebuyers needing education, counseling, or mortgage-readiness support
- Households seeking foreclosure prevention, rental stability, or financial capability counseling
Look elsewhere if
- Someone needs a direct business loan rather than lending-partner referrals
- Someone needs a private-sector contractor for construction, repairs, or other commercial work
- Someone needs emergency housing services outside counseling and disaster-recovery resources
Specialties
- Homebuyer education
- Pre-purchase housing counseling
- Foreclosure prevention and loss mitigation
- Small business planning and technical assistance
- Financial readiness and access-to-capital referrals
Certifications
- HUD Office of Housing Counseling
- Institute Community Development Initiative
- eHome America
- NC Housing Coalition
- NC Housing Finance Agency CPLP Member
- Mountain BizWorks
What makes them different
- Provides free, self-paced Starter U entrepreneurship education through the Brian Hamilton Foundation’s North Carolina coalition
- Connects entrepreneurs with one-on-one business guidance, financial readiness support, and access-to-capital referrals
- Offers homebuyer education online, in person, and through participating regional partner locations
- Has worked with residents, businesses, organizations, churches, funders, and community partners across Western North Carolina for 28 years
- Developing a Minority Business Association for minority-owned businesses across the region
- Years in business
- 28
- Serves
- Morganton
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 200 S College St, Morganton, NC 28655-3319
- Phone
- +18284754620
- Website
- https://www.ohcedc.org/services/smallbusinessservices
- ohcedc@ohcedc.org
Services
- Affordable housing counseling
- Homeownership support
- Rental and eviction prevention counseling
- Small business and nonprofit support
- Entrepreneurship education
- Financial literacy
- Budget and credit counseling
- Community economic development