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TYSONS CORNER, VA—A recent Washington Business Journal article focused on Project Thrive, a collaborative pro bono effort between Womble Carlyle and the Mason Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Mason Enterprise Center at George Mason University.
 

Project Thrive helps qualified small business owners of limited economic means address the legal challenges involved in a new business venture and throughout a business’ life cycle – from forming a corporate entity to negotiating a lease. Through this program, Womble Carlyle lawyers provide eligible entrepreneurs and business owners with advice and resources, free of charge, to overcome legal roadblocks and to resolve business problems.

 

Mason SBDC identifies eligible clients for Project Thrive through the counseling services it provides to area small businesses and entrepreneurs in Fairfax, Arlington, and Prince William Counties.  The Northern Virginia Pro Bono Law Center assisted in the development of Project Thrive by bringing together Womble Carlyle and the Mason SBDC when Womble Carlyle approached the Pro Bono Law Center and expressed interest in assisting with Northern Virginia’s local economic development. 

 

Womble Carlyle attorney Lesley Whitcomb Fierst and Mason SBDC Assistant Director Mona Olsen were interviewed for the article, which ran in the WBJ BizBeat blog.

 

Interested business owners can apply for Project Thrive assistance by filling out this simple online form, available at www.wcsr.com/projectthrive.