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ROCKY MOUNT — A dozen local entrepreneurs have completed the Launch Rocky Mount program, the Small Business Center at Nash Community College recently announced.
With support from the Eastern N.C. Center for Business and Entrepreneurship at N.C. Wesleyan College, the Rocky Mount Area Chamber of Commerce, Wells Fargo, Small Shops Marketplace and Station Square, students were able to participate at no cost, complete the 10-week course with a working business plan and pitch their ideas to a panel of judges for the opportunity to win one of nine prizes.
Judges werre Gena Messer-Knode, director of the Eastern N.C. Center for Business and Entrepreneurship; Fred George, owner of Small Shops Marketplace; Melanie Wallace, owner of Stand Tall Marketing; and Candice Kirtz, purchasing manager with the city of Rocky Mount.
Prizes included five $500 microgrants and four $500 retail vouchers for a retail space in the Small Shops Marketplace. Winners will be announced in a virtual award ceremony. Each participant who completed the program is eligible to apply for a loan up to $15,000 from Kiva.
The 12 participants to successfully complete the Launch Rocky Mount program are:
• LaToya McCurdy — NutraDrip IV Hydration & Wellness Clinic.
• LeeCee Jones — Diverse Book Representation DBR.
• Courtney Williams — The Sunkissed Valley.
• Tamesha Alston — Amore Beautee LLC.
• LaTerrika Lane — Girls Be Like LLC.
• Tylisa Finley, inventor of a patent-pending technology-based product.
• Quentin Riley — Legacy Pizza & Catering.
• Ron Smith — RCSDogs2Go.
• James Mercer — Mercer Official Apparel.
• Fernando Berber — Blue Organics.
• Marcel Moore — LeCram’s Bakery.
• Pamela Watson — Gifted Designs by P.
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