Virginia Community Economic Network
Empowers Entrepreneurs To Transform Their Local Economy
WHO WE ARE
Virginia Community Economic Network (VCEN), is a Virginia nonprofit that promotes innovative and applicable entrepreneurship strategies statewide to spur an influx of job creation while encouraging the vitality of the community along with regional economic development.
VCEN works to bring greater awareness to business success strategies fostered by cooperation among stakeholders.
VCEN commits to the demonstration of valued centered collaborations, economic development initiatives, and task-based entrepreneurship strategy.
OUR MISSION
VCEN was established to bring together the variety of local entrepreneurs, place-based economic development practitioners for networking, learning, and advocacy to grow and sustain local economies and support small business and entrepreneurial development.
WHAT WE DO
Valued Collaborations
To increase access to resources along with the facilitation of information sharing, the Virginia Community Economic Network (VCEN) facilitates exclusive networking events for members to become better connected within the community. These powerful and impactful events allow entrepreneurs and industry professionals to meet and build strategic relationships through though-provoking conversations. These coalitions will promote robust community-based economies and provide new insight and ideas that will advance applicable community economic development practices.
- Access to resources
- Applicable community economic development practices
- Monthly networking events
- New Insight and ideas
- Strategic collaborations
Economic Development Initiatives
Along with valued collaborations, VCEN encourages and provides community resources to increase economic growth and community impact for members. Within the network, you will be assisted in the promotion, development and operations of programs to improve the economic vitality of your community through offered support, educational information, peer-to-peer collaborations, representation plus other services to reduce unemployment, poverty and lessen the burdens of government while combating community deterioration.
- Combat community deterioration
- Educational information
- Improved economic vitality
- Program promotion
- Reduced unemployment
Task-Based Entrepreneurship Strategies
To further advance and support small businesses and entrepreneurs, VCEN has a broad array of partners which includes renowned speakers, business thinkers, consultants and stakeholders. These partners and liaisons will teach effective business strategies that minimize risk while increasing revenue and expounding upon available resources along with professional development workshops. These task-based entrepreneurship strategies will allow members to better implement learned strategies and increase competence through stimulating real-world scenarios that foster useful strategic planning and reduce information gaps that prevent entrepreneurs and small businesses from accessing the knowledge resources available to help them.
- Effective business strategy
- Increased revenue
- Minimize risk
- Reduce information gaps
- Task-based entrepreneurship strategies
OUR VISION
VCEN believes that as unified partners, we can collectively demonstrate to civic leaders, elected officials and policymakers the impact of building vibrant and local entrepreneurial
OUR PROGRAMS
Working since 1995, VCEN has developed or catalyzed a number of programs and initiatives to enhance the environment for the community, economic and entrepreneurial development in and around Virginia.
If you are starting a business and need some guidance on how to manage and grow it or if you are a well-know executive looking for new ways to expand your business, we have the right program for you.
Check out the full range of programs available.