Piedmont Pitch applications for small business funding now being accepted

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville Office of Economic Development and Albemarle County Economic Development are teaming up to help small businesses grow.

Applications are now open for the Piedmont Pitch.

It’s a competition for small business owners.

It gives them the chance to get up to $15,000 in funding, as well as a 10-week program centered around growing that specific business.

“If you think about entrepreneurs and people that have small businesses, that’s where a lot these new ideas, a lot of these fresh innovative things, the things that make a place like Charlottesville very unique and stand out amongst other locations,” Charlottesville Office of Economic Development’s Matt Johnson said.

Applications can be submitted online and are due by February 1 at 11:00 p.m.

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