Theresa “Terri” Dennison has announced she will be taking on a new role to help further small business development throughout Bladen County.
Dennison, who was hired in October 2019 to take on a joint position of Director of Communication and Marketing for the Town of Elizabethtown, was also in charge of managing the local Chamber of Commerce. Now, she has joined the team at the Small Business Center at Bladen Community College to continue her work.
“After having worked with the Town of Elizabethtown and the Chamber of Commerce for several years, I have decided to try a new challenge. Recognizing that the spirit of entrepreneurship is very much alive here and that small businesses are important to the past and future of Bladen County; I have accepted the position of Small Business Center Director at Bladen Community College,” shared Dennison in an email to her network, altering them of the change.
“In my new role, I will remain active with the Chamber of Commerce and the Tourism Promotion Committee. I hope to use my connections with local, county and state agencies for the benefit of potential and existing businesses,” she added.
Besides offering a full schedule of business development courses, the Small Business Center does one-on-one counselling.
Click here for a list of upcoming classes. Read more about Dennison's past work with the Elizabethtown — White Lake Chamber of Commerce here.
To wrap up the first day, attendees were able to meet up for a social event at the Brad Halling American Whiskey Ko. in Southern Pines where a $10,000 check was presented to the Joint Special Operations Foundation for their scholarship fund. Photo pr
The three-story, 200,000 square-foot business incubator space is located at 420 Maiden Lane. The building features an elevator, construction has begun on handicap bathrooms for the first floor and the second and third floors feature window walls offering views of Segra Stadium.
Image provided by FTCCFocused on building the local workforce and streamlining the education process through real world learning, the Hope, Opportunity, Prosperity through Education Program at Fayetteville Technical Community College (FTCC), also kno
