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POP Plastic
What do charcuterie boards, earrings, and side tables all have in common? They’re all made from recycled plastic in Staunton, Virginia!...

Ashley Wenger
May 1, 2023


Staunton’s Community Created a Unique Solution To Recycling, Repurposing Plastics to a Circular Econ
As an impressionable design student, Scott Tiernan was traveling in Scandinavia when he had an eye-opening discovery: a sheet of...
Vernon Mays
Mar 23, 2023


JuiceWorks 3D
As a young boy, relentless ideator, and tinkerer, Andrei Dacko often found himself in trouble at school because his teachers and...

Ashley Wenger
Jan 26, 2023


Mentoring Entrepreneurs Matters
January is National Mentoring Month! Mentors are a critical aspect of any thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. They support and guide...

Ashley Wenger
Jan 15, 2023


Dryad Cookery
Manufacturing can often be a game of trial and error. For one entrepreneur, two years into his business venture, he’s still going through...

Ashley Wenger
Oct 24, 2022


Introducing Startup Shenandoah Valley Cohort 5
SCCF announced the businesses participating in the fifth Startup Shenandoah Valley (S2V) cohort, almost two years after the program's...

Ashley Wenger
Oct 6, 2022


Southern Living: This Mother-Daughter Team Is On A Mission To Bring Back Heirloom Mums
On a farm tucked in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, a family floral business is making life brighter with heirloom varieties. Many of us...
Anna Mitchael
Sep 30, 2022


Regional biz mentorship program jump-starts startups
Ruth Rau started her business as a hobby. Now, seven years later, her Winchester-based toy company — Mouse Loves Pig — is on track to...
Carol Hazard
Aug 30, 2022


Retail VR
Imagine you could show customers your business without them ever leaving their house. You could show them every product on your shelves,...

Ashley Wenger
Aug 10, 2022


SCCF's S2V Program gives boost to region's entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship is alive and well in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. That’s the message that local business startups are willing to...
Matt Welch
Jul 18, 2022


S2V Spotlight: RecRe
Shenandoah Community Capital Fund’s 4th Startup Shenandoah Valley (S2V) cohort is made up of eight technology or tech-enabled businesses...

Ashley Wenger
Jul 18, 2022


S2V Spotlight: TrimTab
Shenandoah Community Capital Fund’s 4th Startup Shenandoah Valley (S2V) cohort is made up of eight technology or tech-enabled businesses...

Ashley Wenger
Jul 18, 2022


Harmony Harvest Farms Featured on FedEx
Harmony Harvest (S2V Cohort 3), the mother-daughter duo was featured in a FedEx Mother’s Day campaign.

Ashley Wenger
Jul 18, 2022


S2V Spotlight: A.I.M. Forward
Shenandoah Community Capital Fund’s 4th Startup Shenandoah Valley (S2V) cohort is made up of eight technology or tech-enabled businesses...

Ashley Wenger
Jul 18, 2022


S2V Spotlight: Code Ninjas, Front Royal
Shenandoah Community Capital Fund’s 4th Startup Shenandoah Valley (S2V) cohort is made up of eight technology or tech-enabled businesses...

Ashley Wenger
Jul 18, 2022


S2V Spotlight: Interactive 3D
Shenandoah Community Capital Fund’s 4th Startup Shenandoah Valley (S2V) cohort is made up of eight technology or tech-enabled businesses...

Ashley Wenger
Jul 18, 2022


S2V Spotlight: Budget Referee
Shenandoah Community Capital Fund’s 4th Startup Shenandoah Valley (S2V) cohort is made up of eight technology or tech-enabled businesses...

Ashley Wenger
Jul 18, 2022


S2V Spotlight: Tow Ninja
Shenandoah Community Capital Fund’s 4th Startup Shenandoah Valley (S2V) cohort is made up of eight technology or tech-enabled businesses...

Ashley Wenger
Jul 18, 2022


S2V Spotlight: Retail VR
Shenandoah Community Capital Fund’s 4th Startup Shenandoah Valley (S2V) cohort is made up of eight technology or tech-enabled businesses...

Ashley Wenger
Jul 18, 2022


Startup Shenandoah Valley Cohort 2
After two Northern Shenandoah Valley-based small businesses participated in the first Startup Shenandoah Valley (S2V) business...
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Jul 15, 2022
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