Fayetteville State University’s Fayetteville-Cumberland Regional Entrepreneur and Business Hub has helped to launch numerous businesses, generating jobs and opportunities for people in Fayetteville and surrounding areas since its inception in September 2022.
Tamara Colvin, executive director of the business hub at Bronco Square, across Murchison Road from Fayetteville State University’s main campus, said that the 6,500-square-foot hub has evolved into a “one-stop shop” where members of the community can receive essential tools and training needed to start and maintain a business. She added that in less than two years since opening, the hub has helped create 71 new businesses, adding more than 490 new jobs in Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson and Scotland counties. Colvin could not provide examples of these businesses due to confidentiality reasons.
“We have become a support system for these small businesses to be able to grow and thrive,” Colvin said Wednesday.