Community Connections - Brief Article

Matrix: The Magazine for Leaders in Education, Oct, 2000

North Carolina REAL (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) Enterprises, in collaboration with Randolph Community College, Asheboro, N.C., and national REAL Enterprises, has been awarded a Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation grant to provide Spanish language entrepreneurial training to the Latino/ Hispanic population in Randolph County.

N.C. REAL Enterprises is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop entrepreneurial talent through action learning and foster the creation of sustainable enterprises throughout North Carolina, with special emphasis on rural communities. REAL Entrepreneurship, a course offered in community colleges and high schools, guides students through the process of creating businesses of their own design.