RevUp County Supervisors 2022REV UP DANVILLE PITTSYLVANIA
August 16, 2022
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
PRESENTATION
REV UP BY THE NUMBERS
350 DREAM LAUNCH BOOT CAMP PARTICIPANTS
129 BOOTCAMP CERTIFICATES
19 REV UP PITCHES
8 REV UP AWARDS ($100,000) –5 City, 3 County (1 contingent)
REV UP PITCH PARTICIPANTS
•Blue Ridge Performance
Factory LLC
•Hawthorne & Jade Design Co.
•Manifest Your Vision Studio
•The Funky Fleece Farm Alpacas
•Bodied By K
•Crown to Soul
•Dad’s Garage
•Jones Enterprise
•Lush & Lounge
•Michael Inspired
•RV West
•Southern Jane Candles
•The Historic North Theatre
2022 2021
2021 REV UP AWARD WINNERS
Amanda Parks -County
Funky Fleece Farm
Alpacas
Rashida Thomas, CityManifest Your Vision
Studios
Shelly Switick & Rachel
Covington -City
Hawthorne & Jade Design Co.
Anthony Adkins -CountyBlueRidgePerformance Factory, LLC
2022 REV UP AWARD WINNERS
•Crown to Soul -City
Brittany Slade, City of Danville: $15,000
•Dad’s Garage -County (Contingent)
Debra Burd, Pittsylvania Co: $12,000
•Bodied By K -City
Kenya Elliott, City of Danville: $10,000
•The Historic North Theatre -City
Wayne Alan, City of Danville: $ 7,000
REV UP PITCH MENTORS
Mentor Business
Varun Sadana The Launch Place
Kelvin Perry City of Danville
Office of Economic Development
Lin Hite Small Business Development Center
(SBDC)
Michael Duncan Small Business Development Center
(SBDC)
Vince Decker Averett University
Jess Edwards Dan River Region Entrepreneur
Ecosystem (DRREE)
REV UP PITCH JUDGES
City of Danville Pittsylvania County
Robin Jones
Vintages by the Dan
Rachel del Campo Gatewood
River District Consulting
Dr. Ernest Pegram
Averett University
Dan Davis
APL Logistics
REV UP COMMITTEE
Committee Member Business
Varun Sadana The Launch Place
Kelvin Perry City of Danville
Office of Economic Development
Lin Hite Small Business Development Center
(SBDC)
Julie Brown Institute for Advanced Learning
and Research (IALR)
•Registration begins
November 2022
•Classes begin January
2023
•Pitch & Awards
announced May 2023
2023 REV UP BOOTCAMP &
GRANT AWARD PROGRAM
REV UP FUNDING
CITY OF DANVILLE -$25,000 (Funds businesses located in the
City but outside of the River District)
THE LAUNCH PLACE -$25,000 (Funds businesses located in
the City or the County)
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY –Requesting $25,000 to provide
funding for businesses located in the County