The Small Business Center at Vance-Granville Community College is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2025 Small Business of the Year Award! This year’s nominees come from all corners of Vance-Granville’s service area and represent a range of industries. Each finalist previously participated in the Small Business Center’s “Pitch Your Business” competition and received a $2,500 grant through Duke Energy’s “Powering Local Economies” Grant Program.
Oxford’s Next Door Radio recently invited these incredible entrepreneurs to the airwaves to share their stories, and we can’t wait for you to hear them—coming soon to a radio near you!
Let’s show these organizations some love and support as we count down to the reveal of this year’s winner:
AA8 Corporation
Granville County
Founder: Emiliano Dunton
Beauty Destination
Warren County
Owner: KeyShawn Mayes
Imagination Station Academy
Vance County
Owner: Ayesha Rogers
Key Collective Vintage
Franklin County
Owner: Susan Collins
Lydia Crouse Photography
Granville County
Owner: Lydia Perry
The Vance-Granville Community College Small Business Center provides high quality, readily accessible assistance to new and existing small businesses in the College’s four-county service area. To learn about resources the Center offers at little to no charge, contact Carolyn Perry at (252) 738-3240 or [email protected].
