Success stories

Fighting Through COVID-19 and Other Crises

Situation In 2004, Rhonda Hatfield and her husband Tim opened Little Scholars, Inc. childcare center in Louisville, KY. The childcare industry is highly fragmented, labor-intensive and very...

Smoky Lake Maple Products Taps SCORE Mentors for Export Success

Smoky Lake Maple Products started with Angela Schumacher’s question to her husband Jim in 2008: “Do you have any maple trees on your land?” While working full-time jobs, the two began tapping maple...

Geneva Supply Commits to Wisconsin Using SBA-backed 504 Loan for Building Purchase

Mark Becker and Jeff Peterson started doing business with Amazon in 2007 and soon realized a bigger business opportunity. Many manufacturers did not want to invest in sorting out the knotty, complex...

Paycheck Protection Program helps Small Business Bring Employees Back to Work

Troy Rutherford, owner of Dave’s Famous T&L Hotdog in Shinnston and Weston, looks forward to Spring each year as it is the company’s busy season. Unfortunately, this Spring brought a once in a...

Women-Owned Business Brings New Heights to Western New York

SBA Resource Partner SCORE Provides Essential Advice BUFFALO, NY – Housed in the once-abandoned Wurlitzer Elementary School, Niagara Climbing Center has brought new heights to Western New York...

Black Button Distilling Switches Gears Amid Pandemic & Saves Employees

Over the past eight years, Jason Barrett has received 5 SBA loans, rapidly growing his business, and being named to Inc. Magazine’s Top 5,000 list in 2018. Black Button Distilling earned the rank of...

Essential Business uses Paycheck Protection Program to Bring Back Employees

The Alonso Group, a West Virginia construction company started in 2010, was deemed essential during the COVID-19 health pandemic. However, revenue took a hit as government contracts projects were...

Fairmont Businesses Uses Paycheck Protection Program to Navigate Storm

Roya Maher of A3L Federal Works utilizes the Economic Injury Disaster Loan(EIDL) Advance and Payroll Protection Program (PPP) to help her through the current uncertainty of the economy due to the...