Borrower Profiles

Susan Myers and her husband Al Rachide are entrepreneurs at heart. Al ran the pharmacy in their community of Pink ...

Melissa Gladden founded EcoGroup of the Carolinas after years of work in the hospitality industry. Unhappy with her hours when ...

STARworks Glass team makes a pumpkin for a Hot Glass Cold Beer demo.

Nancy Gottovi lives in the Seagrove community in central North Carolina, which is renowned for its dozens of pottery shops ...

Kristy and Jonathan Grant-Hart have been involved in successful business operations for years, owning and running an international consulting ...

As the country’s second largest pork-producing state, hog farming is a cornerstone of eastern North Carolina’s economy. With ...

Recycling doesn’t always mean paper and plastic. Dylan Gehrken and his company Greasecycle collect and refine millions of pounds ...

Asheville, N.C. has one of fastest growing music scenes in America with several dozen venues and live acts performing ...

Goat Lady Dairy started in 1995 on the premise that changing how people interact with their food can also change the ...

In 2011, Cúrate, LLC opened with a bold vision to build a unique, high quality restaurant and source ...

Kevin and Melanie Sandefur originally opened BearWaters Brewing in Waynesville, North Carolina, in 2012. After four successful years of operation, they ...

Tyrone Williams and his family at Fourtee Acres. Photo courtesy of Fourtee Acres.

Tyrone Williams’ 62-acre timber and crop farm, Fourtee Acres, in Enfield, North Carolina, has been in his family for generations. ...

Pamela Powell started her child care center, Christian Prep Academy, in 1998, and has built a successful and profitable business over ...

Lymphedema is a treatable—but not curable—condition that can occur after cancer surgery or radiation affecting the lymph nodes. ...

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Laura Price grew up around horses. She first began riding in 1979, and has spent most of her adult life working ...

Jeff Davis, a former coal miner, was born and bred in Mingo County, West Virginia. He mined coal for eight ...

The eight co-founders of Earthseed Land Cooperative (ELC) have a vision: to use land to support the collective health, wealth ...

Stubble. Fade. Circle. Carved. Goatee. Van Dyke. Full. Mountain Man. These are just a few of the many styles of ...

River's Edge Treehouse Resort_NCIF Loan_Technical Assistance

When Laila and Doug Mortimer moved to Robbinsville, North Carolina, Laila was moving home. She grew up in Graham County, ...

Sustainable Solutions, LLC, uses an Ecosystem Services approach to provide a wide range of natural resource management services, including ...

As a family with a passion for mountain biking, when Guy and Jennifer Miller’s son introduced them to downhill (...

Inter-state Hardwoods_NCIF Technical Assistance

Inter-State Hardwoods has been in the sawmill business for decades, tracing its origins back to the late 1930s. The family-owned ...

Fullsteam crafts Southern-inspired “plow-to-point” beer, using local, seasonal ingredients like paw paws, persimmons, pears and pecans. In a post-tobacco era, ...

It’s a lot noisier than it used to be in Elk City, a 1900’s-era section of west Charleston, West ...

Borrower Profiles

Eastern Carolina Broadband

EcoGroup of the Carolinas

STARworks

Carnifex Ferry Cabins

Optima KV

Greasecycle

Sound Space, LLC

Goat Lady Dairy

Cúrate

BearWaters Brewing Company

Fourtee Acres

Christian Prep Academy

X-CEL Performance Rehab

Silver Maple Farm

Sport Outfitters, LLC

Earthseed Land Collective

Mountaineer Brand

River's Edge Treehouse Resort

Sustainable Solutions, LLC

Bailey Mountain Bike Park

Inter-State Hardwoods

Fullsteam Brewery

Bullock Properties