GATE helping grow local economy

Posted on 2010/07/22

WENTWORTH - For one year, the GATE project has been instrumental in creating and maintaining jobs in Rockingham County  more

Eden Business Expo draws 500 people

Posted on 2010/05/09

EDEN - Among the businesses which participated this year, Rockingham Community College’s Small Business Center presented information on the Growing America Through Entrepreneurship (GATE) program.  more

RCC helps Scotland businesses through GATE

Posted on 2009/10/09

LAURINBURG - These three county residents found themselves waiting in line for unemployment benefits, but with help from Richmond Community College and Project GATE, they are now opening their own shops and are even looking to hire others who are out of work.  more

Federal reps observe Project GATE at Small Business Center

Posted on 9/30/2009

REIDSVILLE - In 1986, the Charlotte Observer reported, "If rural and urban areas don't work together, they might not work at all."   more

GATE project fuels entrepreneurship spirit

Posted on 9/20/2009

LUMBERTON - Robeson Community College is one of the eight community colleges in the state that receives funds from the Growing America Through Entrepreneurship program  more

GATE program helps the unemployed find their business niche

Posted on 8/2/2009

GREENSBORO - Imagine a program that not only gives participants an education, but also prepares them in such a way that upon completion they have a job where they are boss from the very first day.  more

Project GATE: A self-employment option for laid-off workers

Posted on 7/31/2009

NEWLAND - When the folks at the Rural Center wrote a grant last June to apply for U.S. Department of Labor funding for an entrepreneurial program, they had no idea how good their timing was.  more

Warren seminar to promote entrepreneurship

Posted on 7/7/2009

WARRENTON - "Growing America through Entrepreneurship" will be the topic of a meeting to be held at the Warren County Memorial Library  more

County tapped for GATE program

Posted on 6/19/2009

SPINDALE - Eight different locations in North Carolina, including Rutherford County, have been chosen by the U.S. Department of Labor for a program called Project GATE  more

Program to aid dislocated workers

Posted on 6/1/2009

LAURINBURG - For dislocated workers in Scotland County, Debra Morman with Project GATE may be able to help you find an alternative career path as a business owner.  more

AUDIO - The Benefits of Project Gate

Posted on 5/27/2009

North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC - 91.5 FM Chapel Hill, 88.9 FM Manteo, 90.9 FM Rocky Mount  more

GATE program could offer help

Posted on 5/22/2009

ROCKINGHAM - If you are among the many dislocated workers in the county, Kathryn McEntire with Project GATE may be able to help you  more

Program helps jobless workers become entrepreneurs

Posted on 5/21/2009

ARCHDALE - A new federal program to help laid-off workers start their own small businesses has gotten off to a fast start at Randolph Community College.  more

Program set up for laid-off workers

Posted on 5/13/2009

RAEFORD - A new program becomes available this week to help laid-off workers start their own small business   more

GATE program for laid-off workers

Posted on 5/13/2009

TABOR CITY - Laid-off rural workers interested in starting their own business are the focus of a new U.S. Department of Labor demonstration project.  more

New program to help laid-off workers start own businesses

Posted on 5/13/2009

WARRENTON - GATE targets dislocated workers from rural counties for a variety of assistance directly related to starting and running a business.  more

VIDEO - Be Your Own Boss

Posted on 5/11/2009

WFMY Channel 2 Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem  more

New program off to fast start

Posted on 4/29/2009

ASHEBORO - A new federal program to help laid-off workers start their own small businesses has gotten off to a fast start at Randolph Community College.  more

Federal program offers scholarships to retrain workers

Posted on 4/26/2009

WENTWORTH – Project GATE (Growing America Through Entrepreneurship) has been launched in North Carolina.  more

A new start for the laid off

Posted on 4/25/2009

ASHEBORO — A new federal program to help laid-off workers start their own small businesses has gotten off to a fast start at Randolph Community College.  more

Starting a business an option for some

Posted on 4/25/2009

REIDSVILLE -- Laid-off workers in Rockingham County now have an alternative in their search for a positive future — self-employment.  more

New program to help laid-off rural workers start businesses

Posted on 4/16/2009

RALEIGH - A new program becomes available this week to help laid-off rural workers start their own small business.   more