The Center for Economic Empowerment & Development has been helping businesses in the Fayetteville community since 1990.
CEED is run by a small group of women who understand the demand for a facility where information on services for the community can be distributed. CEED delivers a $10 million per year impact to the Sandhills region of North Carolina through programs and services such as:
˙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! 

These programs are dedicated to helping individuals and families find strength to succeed. One of the programs by CEED includes the Women Business Center of Fayetteville. The WBC of Fayetteville is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Small Business Administration.
The WBC of Fayetteville provides small business economic development in North Carolina, through business services for start-up businesses and expansions of established women-owned small businesses, especially for socially and economically disadvantaged women-owned firms.
The Center provides workshops, consulting, and financial literacy that benefits business owners in every step leading up to their grand opening.
In the last year the WBC of Fayetteville has provided the community and business owners with 125 workshops, 1,293 counseling sessions, 146 loan feasibility, 13 new business starts, 260 jobs retained, and 65 jobs created.
During this time the WBC of Fayetteville totaled $1,243,002 in capital infusions and $4,248,995 in gross receipts.
From January 2021 to the present, the WBC of Fayetteville has assisted in 28 grand openings. These grand openings include:
˙Shooting Star Construction, LLC
˙Gaucho Auto Spa, LLC
˙Fayetteville Appliance Repair, LLC
˙Galore Beauty Empire, LLC
˙PolishedByMicaelaB, LLC
˙Bookharts Bags
˙Brows by Ashley Nicole, LLC
˙Let’s Ride Xpress (Dickerson Enterprises, LLC)
˙Its Golden Cleaning Services
˙The Friend’s Table
˙Pretty Princess + Accessories, LLC
˙S&H Renovations
˙876_FLAVAZ
˙The Take Down Beauty Bar
˙Rose Nation Yoga & Fitness
˙American Barber Shop
˙La’Reine Nailz Salon
˙Lee Insurance Service Center
˙Badge Land Contracting, LLĊ
̇StandUp Lawncare, LLC
̇Angela’s House of Love & Patience
̇Bottomless Finds, LLC
̇KMK Installed Services, LLC
̇Home Key Closers, LLC
̇Neat Knock Organizing Solutions, LLC
̇Fraulein Pottery, LLC
̇Strategic Hopes, LLC
̇Jaz-N-Soul, LLC
With the help of CEED and its programs, like the WBC of Fayetteville, the Fayetteville community will continue to grow and prosper.