HOW TO OPEN A BUSINESS DOWNTOWN
Interested in opening a business in Downtown Chapel Hill? 
- How to Open a Business in Downtown Chapel Hill is a step-by-step guide that has all of the offices and contact names you’ll need to get your business open on Franklin Street.
- Want to start a business in Chapel Hill? Get started online and learn about everything from how to get a business license to current market studies. www.opentobusiness.biz
- For demographic information and data for all of Orange County - www.co.orange.nc.us/ecodev/index.asp.
- For economic development data, information on current developments, and business news for Chapel Hill - visit www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=63.
- For information regarding Town of Chapel Hill ordinances, land use, zoning, and permit information- visit www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=75.
- Coming soon: Online Permit Center for the Town of Chapel Hill.
More Local Resources:
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce: www.carolinachamber.org
- Ecomomic & Community Development Office for the Town of Carrboro: www.ci.carrboro.nc.us/ecd/default.htm
- SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives): Free business advice for start-ups and new businesses. www.score.org
- NC Small Business & Technology Development Center: Offering business assistance, consulting, and financial planning. www.sbtdc.org
- Durham Tech Small Business Center: Offering business consulting, technical assistance, access to resource libraries. www.durhamtech.edu/html/corporate/sbc.htm
- Goodwork: A nonprofit agency that helps other nonprofits, entrepenuers, and small businesses become self-sufficient. www.goodwork.org
- Orange County Economic Development Office: Offering business relocation and retention services, information on commercial space availability, and a small business loan program. www.co.orange.nc.us/ecodev
- Entrepenuers & Small Business Funding Portal: A funding guide for entrepreneurial and small business research and development funding information, resources, and services for UNC-Chapel Hill researchers and other community-based innovators. http://grantsinfo.unc.edu/guides/business
- Small Business E-Research Center: UNC's online reference library for small business needs. Available to all NC residents with access permission. http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/description.php?resourceID=221971&passthrough=no