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Staunton Creative Community FundInvesting in Entrepreneurs

Executive Business PlanPresenters: Dallas, King, Reed & Wampler

Photograph by Peter Aaslestad

history

the arts

opportunity

The Staunton Creative Community Fund

revitalizes communities by supporting and funding local

entrepreneurs.- from webpage

• support local residents as they work to revitalize their neighborhoods

• assist start-up nonprofits with grassroots organizing and fundraising

• finance creative entrepreneurs who create jobs and fill storefronts

•and provide access to economic opportunities for traditionally underserved populations

GOALSYear 1

organize, get a few microloans out, establish the process

Year 2raise funds, aggregate, capitalize

Year 3

deploy capital and make loans

FACTSLoans dispersed:

2007: 42008: 22009: 4

Available in 2010: $500,000

Maximum loan $35,000

Innovative Marketing

• Workshops

• Media

• Events

• Community organizations

Workshop Option 1

• “Who wants free money?”

• Generate buzz

• Opportunity to present the SCCF

Workshop Option 2

• Target entrepreneurs currently writing a business plan

• Consultative seminar approach

Workshop Option 3

• Intensive seminar

• “MBA in a week” approach

Involvement Beyond the Workshop

• Stimulate conversation

• Invite people to brainstorm ideas

• Consider publishing an entrepreneurial directory

• Social media

• facebook

Getting the word out:

Recommendations for Innovative Marketing:

1. New Message - Old Media

2. Established Events

3. Signature Event

New Message - Old Media

And they're closing all the factories downOut in Bethlehem they're killing timeFilling out formsStanding in line.

from “Allentown” by Billy Joel (1982).

New Message - Old Media

Human Interest Story

SCCF has money and wants to lendunique place in the economic landscape

Public Relations can be used as a tool for generating earned media.

Exploit Existing EventsCreate fun contests

and information centers Increase awareness and

generate earned media.

Example: Green Business contest at Staunton’s Earth Day celebration

A Signature EventBusiness Competition*

judged by local business people sponsored by educational institutions in the SCCF footprint.

*modeled after the Cupid Cup at University of Maryland"We want big ideas. We want transformation," Plank said.

"This is not a business plan competition. This is a business competition.”

- Kevin Plank, Baltimore Sun, 05/07/2010

WHAT?

Community Organizations

Where? When? Who?

WHY?

“to provide service to others, promote

integrity & advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship

of business, professional, and

community leaders.

District 7570 72 clubs

www.rotary.org

“dedicated to improving

communities and building a better America through

Fellowship, Goodwill and Community

Service”

Woodrow Wilson Ruritans

31 Clubs

www.myruritan.org

“to empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace & promote

international understanding through Lions

clubs”

District 24-C 54 Clubs

www.lions24c.com

“serving the children of the

world”

9 Clubs

www.kiwanis.org

www.elks.org www.foe.com www.mooseinlt.org www.freemason.org www.woodmen.org

www.greateraugusta.com

www.greaterverona.com

www.bni-shenandoahvalley.com

www.virginiavalley.com www.staunton.va.us www.virginia.org

www.waynesboro.va.us www.waynesborodowntown.org www.augustafreepress.com

Capture the Value (Laszlo, 2010, p.136)

with BOARD UTILIZATIONBill Hamilton

Hugh Westfall

Eric Curren

Wanda Stevens

Maggie Ragon

“Diversity builds diversity.”

(M. Meisel, Shenandoah National Park, May 22, 2010)

ReferencesCollins, J. (2005). Good to great and the social sectors. New York: Harper CollinsCurren, E. (n.d.). Staunton Creative Community Fund: About. Retrieved May 23, 2010, from SCCF website: http://stauntonfund.wordpress.com/about/ Drucker, P.F. (1985). Innovation and entrepreneurship. New York: Harper & RowGraham, C. (2010, April 14). Fund fosters growth of small business in Staunton.

Augusta Free Press. Retrieved from http://augustafreepress.com/2010/04/14/fund-fosters-growth-of-small-business-in-staunton/

Joel, W. (1982). Allentown. On The Nylon Curtain [record]. New York: Columbia Records.

Laszlo, C. (2008). Sustainable value: how the world’s leading companies are doing well by doing good. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Oster, S., Massarsky, C., and Beinhacker, S., (eds.) (2004). Generating and sustaining nonprofit earned income. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Smith, A. E. (2010). “Stewardship design principles.” Presented during EMU MBA class Stewardship, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship, Harrisonburg,

VA. May 18, 2010.

Image ReferencesSlide 1: Streetscape: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from http://aaslestad.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/bev-_s3-banner.jpg Slide 2: Stonewall Jackson Hotel (outdoor photo): Retrieved May 30, 2010, from http://www.valleyconservation.org/images/Stonewall_Jackson.jpg

Stonewall Jackson Hotel (indoor photo): Retrieved May 30, 2010, from http://thesummitstudio.com/wpcontent/uploads/2009/06/stonewalljackson_5.jpg

Stonewall Jackson Hotel (print): Retrieved May 30, 2010, from http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/norfolksouthern/T1/NS5545.GIFSlide 3: Blackfriar Playhouse, Staunton: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2675/3954887628_3ec58975ed.jpg Banner: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ewUmEmxkvTY/S8J4uEcbqBI/AAAAAAAAP4E/6lC1ouV-884/s1600/8.jpgSlide 4: Storefronts: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from http://www.mbc.edu/images/about/downtown_staunton2.jpg Streetscape: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from http://aaslestad.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/bev-_s3-banner.jpg Pufferbellies: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from http://www.pufferbelliestoys.com/uploads/dsc_0640.jpgSlide 13: Facebook: Retrieved June 2, 2010, from http://atlantaprintmakersstudio.org/logos/facebook_logo.jpgSlide 17: Freddie the Freeloader: Retrieved June 1, 2010, from http://www.wliw.org/21pressroom/images/redskelton/RED7.jpg Slide 21: Rotary: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from www.rotary.org; Ruritan: www.myruritan.org; Lions: www.lions24c.com ;

Kiwanis: www.kiwanis.orgSlide 22: Elks: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from www.elks.org; FOE: www.foe.com; Loyal Order of Moose: www.mooseinlt.org; Freemason: www.freemason.org; Woodmen of the World: www.woodmen.org

Image ReferencesSlide 23: Chambers of Commerce: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from www.greateraugusta.com; www.greaterverona.com;

www.bni-shenandoahvalley.comSlide 24: SCORE: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from www.score.org Slide 25: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from www.virginiavalley.com; www.staunton.va.us; www.virginia.org; www.waynesboro.va.us; www.waynesborodowntown.org; www.augustafreepress.com Slide 26: Educational Institutions: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from www.uva.edu; www.jmu.edu; www.emu.edu; www.mbc.edu; www.abg.org; www.fblapbl.org; http://www.electroniccampus.org/school_logos/CFNC/Blue_Ridge_Community_College/blue_ridge_logo.gif Slides 5-31: Streetscape: Retrieved May 30, 2010, from http://aaslestad.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/bev-_s3-banner.jpg

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