Virginia Cooperative ExtensionHaskins, Conaway B.2019-01-212019-01-212018-12-19http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86817As local, state and national economies continue to recover from the Great Recession, community leaders are increasingly interested in how they can create support systems to help entrepreneurs launch, manage and grow their businesses to enhance economic vitality. More and more, attracting, retaining and expanding small businesses is becoming a mainstream economic development strategy. This publication is designed to help local leaders in the government, nonprofit and business sectors better understand key terms and concepts to skillfully navigate this emerging field of policy and practice.5 page(s)application/pdfenVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Community PlanningEntrepreneurshipExtension publication2019-01-21entrepreneurshipeconomic growthsmall businesses