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Seven would-be entrepreneurs graduated Dec. 12 from Central Carolina Community College's Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning (REAL) program. The 16-week program trains people with the skills to start their own small businesses. It is offered in partnership with N.C. REAL Enterprises, a non-profit organization dedicated to small business development in North Carolina. Those receiving their REAL certificates were (front, from left) Carolyn Porter, of Harnett County; Elizabeth McCormick and Pauline Gray, of Lee County; Jennifer Owen, of Cumberland County; and Shari Barnett, of Chatham County; and (back, from left) Kimlee Porrazzo, of Harnett County; and Sybil Brazell, of Lee County. For more information about REAL, contact Diane Kannarr at 919-718-7247 or email at dkannarr@cccc.edu.

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Sybil Brazell (left), of Lee County, and Jennifer Owen, of Cumberland County, were presented awards for creating the best small business plans by Bob Joyce, president of the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce at Central Carolina Community College's Dec. 12 Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning (REAL) program graduation. The 16-week program trains people with the skills to start their own small businesses. It is offered in partnership with N.C. REAL Enterprises, a non-profit organization dedicated to small business development in North Carolina. For more information about REAL, contact Diane Kannarr at 919-718-7247 or email at dkannarr@cccc.edu.