N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission
NC REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) is pleased to announce the Regional Agribusiness Development Initiative, an exciting project funded by the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission. The overall goal of this project is to develop the capacity in the Upper Coastal Plain Region, a region historically dependent on the tobacco industry, to build the entrepreneurial skills of those who have lost jobs due to the decline in tobacco related industries. This increase in entrepreneurial skills will lead to the creation and expansion of more agricultural-based businesses throughout the region. Continue Reading…
The NC REAL Institute will be held at The Meadowbrook Inn in Blowing Rock, NC from July 20-24, 2009. Register Now!
The NC REAL Boomerang Institute will be held at The Meadowbrook Inn in Blowing Rock, NC from July 22-24, 2009. Register Now!
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Milele Archibald, director of ACC’s Small Business Center since 2002, was presented the Service to Mankind award by the Jack O’Kelley Sertoma Club on April 4. The highest honor Sertoma can bestow on a nonmember, the Service to Mankind Award honors outstanding volunteer service to the community. Continue Reading…
GATE- Growing America Through Entrepreneurship
Beginning in April 2009, rural North Carolinians who’ve lost their job through a layoff or plant closing will have an opportunity to explore possibilities for self-employment through Project GATE. Project GATE is being offered as a cooperative venture of the N.C. Department of Commerce, the N.C. Community College System – Small Business Center Network, the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, North Carolina REAL Continue Reading…
Pictures from Alleghany County HS/WCC students in Annette Wagoner’s REAL Class. Continue Reading…
