North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall recently turned her attention to Hope Mills in Phase 3 of the Elevate Hope Mills Initiative.
Elevate Hope Mills began as an effort to educate, strengthen and economically boost the small-business ecosystem in Hope Mills. What began as a modest four-week pilot has since inspired statewide attention and national conversation.
The initiative’s three phases — Community Resource Fair, Financial Empowerment Series and Small Business Accelerator — were intentionally designed to move participants from information to implementation…