Center for Economic Empowerment & Development

Our mission has always been to promote the growth, productiveness and well-being through counseling, education, information, and advocacy programs. CEED works with other community agencies to achieve this goal, and has a solid history of helping women and families through our specialized programs. CEED delivers a $10 million per year impact to the Sandhills Region of North Carolina through programs and services such as the following:

• Self Sufficiency & Housing
• Business Center: SBA Women’s Business Center Program, Credit Counseling, Financial Literacy Training, and one-on-one Consulting.
• Small Business Loans: SBA ILP & CEED Microloans
• Training Station: Coming soon; shared commercial kitchen space, pop-up restaurant, food truck commissary space and retail spots!