Below, you will be able to find information for businesses in various topics, including:
Management
Submitted by Wayne Strickland, Executive Director
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission
Virginia Employment Commission – www.vec.virginia.gov/vecportal
Western Virginia Workforce Development Board -
westernvaworkforce.com
Virginia Western Community College Workforce Development – www.virginiawestern.edu/workforce
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties – www.vtip.org
Roanoke College’s The Management Institute – roanoke.edu/academics/academic_departments/business_and_economics/business/the_management_institute.htm
Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council – www.thetechnologycouncil.com
Virginia Economic Development Partnership – www.yesvirginia.org
Roanoke Regional Partnership – www.roanoke.org
Salem Department of Planning and Development – www.salemva.gov/depts/planning
Roanoke County Department of Economic Development – www.yesroanoke.com
City of Roanoke Department of Economic Development – www.roanokeva.gov/WebMgmt/ywbase61b.nsf/CurrentBaseLink/N254FPNB939LBASEN
TAP Business Seed Capital – www.tapintohope.org/programs/seed.html
SCORE – scoreroanokeva.org
Virginia Department of Business Assistance – www.dba.state.va.us
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority – www.dba.state.va.us/financing_business.shtml
Roanoke Regional Small Business Development Center – www.roanokechamber.org/small_business_services
U.S. Small Business Administration – www.sba.gov
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission – www.rvarc.org
Environmental Safety and Security
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality – Protects the environment of Virginia in order to promote the health and well-being of the citizens of the Commonwealth.
www.deq.state.va.us/
Energy Star – A government-backed program helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency.
www.energystar.gov
OSHA – www.OSHA.gov
Environmental Quality Management Inc. (EQ – EQM) – www.eqm.com
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore: Charles L. Williams, Jr. – www.gentrylocke.com/williams
Froehling & Robertson Inc. – www.fandr.com
The Environmental Directory – environmental-dir.com/
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – www.epa.gov
Center for Disease Control and Prevention – www.cdc.gov/
Education and Training
Submitted by Donna Tatum, Account Development and Recruitment
The Renick Group
Conflict Resolution Center
540-342-2063 x 303
www.conflictresolutioncenter.us
Dale Carnegie
804-270-0020
www.va.dalecarnegie.com
Goodwill Industries of the Valley Job Campus
540-581-0620
www.goodwill-the-valleys.com
Advantage Resource Group
540-774-9705
www.advantageresgroup.com
Cogden & Associates
540-772-1385
www.dcodgen.com
Western Va Workforce Development Board
540-767-6149
www.westernvaworkforce.com
Titan America – www.titanhr.com
National College
Lew Bishop, Campus Director
1813 E. Main St.
Salem, VA 24153
540-986-1800
www.national-college.edu
ITT Technical Institute
2159 Apperson Drive
Salem, VA 24153
Phone: 540-989-2500
Fax: 540-989-2550
www.itt-tech.edu
Averett University
Roanoke Higher Education Center
108 N. Jefferson Street
Phone: 540-767-6040
Fax: 540-767-6041
www.averett.edu
Virginia Western Community College – Main Campus
P. O. Box 14007
Roanoke, VA 24038-4007
Fishburn Hall – Ground Floor
3093 Colonial Avenue
Phone: 540-857-6076
Fax: 540-857-7386
www.virginiawestern.edu/
Skyline College
5234 Airport Road
Roanoke, VA 24019
Phone: 540-563-8000
Fax: 540-362-5400
www.skyline.edu/
Roanoke County Library – Offers low cost training to the public and has a number of courses for new computer users.
www.roanokecountyva.gov
Roanoke County Parks and Recreation – courses cover basic computer terminology, use of a mouse, how to create and save files to a disk, and practice using Microsoft Windows and the Internet.
www.roanokecountyva.gov/index.aspx?NID=81
Roanoke County Schools Adult Education – Courses offered include Spanish, GED preparation, trade and industry, and ESL.
Burton Center
1758 Boulevard
Salem, VA 24153
540-562-3422
www.rcs.k12.va.us/adulted
Roanoke Higher Education Center – Several degree options in addition to customized training for business and industry.
www.education.edu
Management and Professional Development, Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech – We custom design training and development programs for supervisory level through executive levels in organizations around the world. Our focus is on productivity gains for organizations; not knowledge for the sake of knowledge. We can work with corporate training departments to conduct training program audits, design programs and deliver programs when needed. Our programs are all researched based but application oriented. Participants can immediately apply concepts for a fast return on investment of training and development. Our span of offerings is across the business spectrum: accounting and information systems, business information systems, finance, hospitality and tourism, management, marketing with multiple research centers which can provide services as well.
www.pamplin.vt.edu
Roanoke College
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153
540-375-2282
www.roanoke.edu
