Need help getting started? Please consult these resources:

• How to Write a Business Plan
• Starting a Business: Resource Center
• Business Fire Safety Checklist

For help getting started with business licensing and permitting, visit the Revenue Office .

A variety of additional resources are available to assist you.

Local

• Central Virginia SCORE - www.centralvirginia.score.org
• Charlottesville Business Innovation Council - www.cvillebic.org
• Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development - www.tjped.com
• Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission - www.tjpdc.org
• Charlottesville Regional Chamber - www.cvillechamber.com
• Small Business Development Center - www.cvsbdc.org
• Charlottesville Venture Group - www.cville-venture.org
• Monticello Avenue - www.avenue.org/business.htm
• Downtown Business Association of Charlottesville - www.downtowncharlottesville.net
• Charlottesville Association of Realtors - www.caar.com
• Central Virginia Procurement Technical Assistance Center - www.cvptac.org

State

• Virginia Economic Development Partnership - www.yesvirginia.org
• Virginia Employment Commission - www.vec.virginia.gov
• Virginia Department of Business Assistance - www.vdba.virginia.gov/guide/index.html
• Virginia State Corporation Commission - www.scc.virginia.gov
• Virginia Department of Minority Business Enterprise - www.dmbe.state.va.us

Federal

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration - www.osha.gov/smallbusiness
• Small Business Administration - www.sba.gov

Other

• Business Owners Toolkit - www.toolkit.cch.com
• American Small Business Association - www.asbaonline.org