{"id":6273,"date":"2017-07-10T14:28:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2020-05-19T13:07:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:07:16","slug":"ncc-welcomes-new-small-business-center-director-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2017\/07\/ncc-welcomes-new-small-business-center-director-2\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC Welcomes New Small Business Center Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Theresa-Peaden.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6319 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Theresa-Peaden-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"Theresa Peaden\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Theresa-Peaden-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Theresa-Peaden-144x150.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Theresa-Peaden-986x1024.jpg 986w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a>Nash Community College has named Theresa Peaden \u200bas \u200bSmall Business Center \u200bD\u200birector upon the retirement of former Director Fred Brooks.<\/p>\n<p>Peaden, of Wilson,\u200b held the position of Small Business Center \u200bD\u200birector at Wake Technical Community College since August 2014. In her tenure there, the Center was responsible for creating and retaining more than 300 jobs, and assisting nearly\u200b \u200b100 new business start-ups. Prior to joining Wake Tech, Peaden was the \u200bD\u200birector of Continuing Education at Wilson Community College. Additionally, she previously served as Small Business Center \u200bDirector at Edgecombe Community College.\u200b Peaden, a community college graduate, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business\/Psychology from Barton College.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The college is proud to have Ms. Peaden&#8217;s expertise as part of our Continuing Education Department,&#8221;\u200b Dean Carla Dunston said. &#8220;Her extensive experience with the N\u200borth Carolina Community College System Small Business Center Network, and with community partnerships, Chambers of Commerce, and other entrepreneurial and economic development service providers, will benefit \u200bour Center&#8217;s clients and the local community. As a Nash County native, she understands the unique needs of the area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Nash Community College Small Business Center provides free, confidential counseling services for new and existing businesses, as well as free seminars, a complimentary resource center, business and industry training and local educational partnerships. For more information, please call 252-451-8233.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nash Community College has named Theresa Peaden \u200bas \u200bSmall Business Center \u200bD\u200birector upon the retirement of former Director Fred Brooks. Peaden, of Wilson,\u200b held the position of Small Business Center&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2017\/07\/ncc-welcomes-new-small-business-center-director-2\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6273"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6341,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions\/6341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}