Business Development
One-on-one help with business plans, funding applications, marketing, online profiles, and permits, alongside partners like Sierra SBDC and ChicoSTART. Free for any Plumas County business or founder.
Plumas County nonprofit
Free business help for Plumas County.
Indian Valley Innovation Hub is a Plumas County nonprofit that helps people start, rebuild, and grow businesses across the county. Consulting, funding help, marketing, and a storefront for local makers, at no cost to you.
Results for Plumas County businesses
- in SBA disaster loans secured for burn-scar businesses
- $700,000+
- free logos, websites, and signs built for local businesses
- 60+
- makers selling in the Made In Plumas County store
- 84
- store visitors from 48 states and 40 countries in one year
- 25,000+
About IVIH
Why we exist
IVIH grew out of the Plumas-Sierra County Fairgrounds, where a long-held idea took hold: a stronger local economy needs more locally made goods and more local businesses to sell them.
When the Dixie Fire destroyed Greenville and disrupted businesses across the county, that idea became urgent. Since 2022 we have concentrated on the burn scar, helping owners secure recovery funding, rebuild the basics, and reopen.
We are a Plumas County 501(c)(3) nonprofit, working with the county, the chambers, and regional partners.
Programs
Our Work
Three programs, one goal: more businesses starting, surviving, and growing in Plumas County.
Made In Plumas County
A visitor-facing store in The Quincy HUB that sells locally made goods, so makers earn income without running a shop of their own.
Move In! Plumas County
Plumas County pays a $5,000 bonus to the first families who relocate here, plus welcome perks from local businesses. IVIH partners with the Lost Sierra Chamber of Commerce on Move In! to recruit new residents and the businesses they bring.
Donate
Support our work
Every service IVIH offers is free to the business owner. Donations fund consultations, workshops, and the Made In Plumas County store that puts local products in front of 25,000 visitors a year. Indian Valley Innovation Hub is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and gifts are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Our partners
Plumas Business News
Latest from the county
Dec 30, 2025
High-Traffic Placement = More Income for Local Makers
High-traffic placement gives rural makers a simple advantage: more visibility, more customers, and more consistent sales. In our one-year update (Dec 6, 2024–Dec 23, 2025), The Quincy Hub generated $162,063 in total sales, including $88,415 in Made in Plumas County store sales. We welcomed 25,000+ customers from 49 states and 40 countries, supporting 84 product makers. This is buy-local in action—featuring products made in Plumas County and keeping more dollars circulating locally.
Dec 25, 2025
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Update: What ARPA Funds Supported at IVIH (and the Results)
In December 2024, Plumas County approved ARPA-funded agreements to strengthen local business support capacity. Here’s what IVIH’s allocation supported, what we delivered, and the outcomes we tracked.
Dec 24, 2025
A Plumas County Holiday Soundtrack
Produced by Indian Valley Innovation Hub, this new folk/Americana song is a Plumas County love letter—rooted in our historic downtowns, local merchants, and the light-parade magic that brings our mountain towns to life each winter. The lyrics celebrate the everyday makers of the season—bakers, florists, woodworkers, chefs, and shopkeepers—alongside the simple joys of cocoa, storefront displays, carols, and close-knit neighbors. It’s a warm small-town antidote to the rush: a “mountain-town tonic” to big-city holiday stress, and a reminder of the romance of an old-west Christmas.