As part of National SBDC Day activities, TROY SBDC hosted a meeting for Georgiana and Butler County businesses.
Following National SBDC Day, Troy University hosted a community-focused meeting in Georgiana to continue building partnerships and increasing awareness of resources available to small business owners across Butler County.
The meeting, led by the Alabama Small Business Development Center Network at Troy University, brought together city leadership, economic development officials, business owners and community stakeholders.
Designed as…
Students and the public alike are invited to participate in the IDEA Empowerment Series & Competition.
The IDEA Empowerment Series and Competition has gotten underway at the IDEA Bank in downtown Troy and is designed to support growth and business development.
The series brings with it a chance to compete for $10,000 in a pitch competition, that isn’t limited to just workshop participants. Both the workshops and the pitch competition are…
Troy University’s IDEA Bank has been named Pike County Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 Business of the Year.
Troy University’s IDEA Bank has been named Pike County Chamber of Commerce’s 2025 Business of the Year.
Reanna Thompson, program and marketing coordinator, and Lynne George, IDEA Bank Director, show off the Pike County Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year Award for 2025.
Winning the Chamber of Commerce’s award for Business of the Year was particularly meaningful…
The inventiveness of Wiregrass residents are shown through official patents.
The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibition, SPARK! Places of Innovation, is touring Alabama in 2025-2026. Its recent visit to Dothan’s Landmark Park inspired this look at the inventiveness of Wiregrass residents as recorded by the US Patent Office.
Although the “basic search” function on the Patent Public Search website is ill-suited for geographical searches, I uncovered at least 370…
