A “healthy number” of businesses have submitted responses to the survey sent out recently by the Economic Development Commission, according to Cheryl Heller, the commission member who designed it.
This week she provided some early findings from the survey and encouraged other business owners to weigh in on what they would like to see in Norfolk in the future.
The survey revealed that the age of businesses in Norfolk ranges from 13 months to 80 years, with one response of “Forever, it seems.”
Of the topics business owners would most like to have advice or mentoring on,
publicity and communications has generated the most interest to date, followed by marketing, loans and grant proposals, financial management and new technologies for small businesses.
Forty percent of respondents said they would join an active community of business owners, and another 40 percent said they could be convinced.
Norfolk business leaders expressed interest in receiving communications from the EDC at levels ranging from “the more the better,” to “two times a year.”
Heller encouraged business owners to keep communicating with the EDC and provided a link to the survey for those who have yet to respond. To take the survey, click here.