November 12-Metropolitan Offers Classes to Latino Community.
Business and financial literacy training now being held in Spanish. Go to story>>
November 11-Vanceboro Apparel, Metropolitan on NPR.
Shirley Williams and Ross Steckley discuss difficulties and possibilities. Go to story>>
Small Business Loans Available for Local Entrepreneurs. Metropolitan partners with Rural Center. Go to story>>
Since inception (August 2000)
| New Business | Type of Business | Jobs |
| AGS Feed and Seed | Cattle Feed | 2 |
| Artistic Iron Works (Bev Bower) | Lost Creek Iron Works | 1 |
| Booth Brothers' (Bill Booth) | Lot Development and Maintenance | 1 |
| Branch Office (Dianna Overton) | Cape Fear Mortgage | 1 |
| Brenda Harvey | Child Care | 1.5 |
| Beaufort Logistics | Warehousing | 2 |
| Bell's Lawn Care and Home Repair | Lawncare and Home Repair | 1.5 |
| Charles Woolard's Chicken and Ribs | Restaurant | 13* |
| CompQuez (Lamont Williams) | Web Design | 1 |
| Construction (Charles Credle) | HVAC air barrier installation | 1 |
| Cooper's Complete Clean/Paint (Melvin Cooper) | Painting for government | 1 |
| Cybercom, Inc. | Computer/Technology | 2 |
| Dalton Kornegy | Medical Billing Consulting | 1 |
| Damellia Alexander Web Design | Web Page Design | 1 |
| Derrick Winters | Music Production | 1 |
| Emethia Merritt | Tax Service | 1 |
| Flavor Kutts (Henry Rouse) | Barbershop | 1 |
| Frank Northern | Construction | 1 |
| Greg Adams | Electrician | 1* |
| Gurley International | IT Farm Business Consulting | 3 |
| Hair Braiding (Sannuh MoMoDou) | Hair Braiding- New Bern | 1 |
| Hair Salon (Calvin Johnson) | Hair Salon | 3 |
| ICS, Inc. | Contracting | 1 |
| J. W. Enterprises (James Woolard) | Coupon Business | 1 |
| Janiking (Vanesa Benson) | Cleaning | 2 |
| Jocelyn (Joyce) Williams' Ebony Network Talk Show on WTOW | Radio talk show | 1 |
| Jonathan Steckley | Film Production | 1 |
| Kiwais Fashions (Horace Sumpter) | Special Fashions/Tailoring | 0 |
| Maintenance Plus (Jesse Norman) | Construction | 2* |
| Mr. And Mrs. Humberto Husband | Sewing and Labor | 2 |
| Munico (Dallas Brown) | Housing Advisory | 1 |
| National Vault | Burial Vaults Service | 1.5 |
| New Generation Dry-Cleaners | Dry-Cleaning | 5 |
| New Generation (second location) | Dry-Cleaning- Pick up and Van | 1 |
| Papa's Pizza-to-go Aurora | Pizza Shop (under construction) | 0 (15 pending) |
| PC Success (Bobby and Cheryl Wells) | PC Consulting/Training | 1.5 |
| Phyliss Brimmage Realty | Realtor | 0.5 |
| Queen Windley | Child Care | 1 |
| Rafiki Housing (Donald Keyes) | Housing Consulting | 1 |
| Sam Parker's Auto Repair | Auto Repair/Towing | 3 |
| Telfaire and Telfaire Trucking | Trucking Company | 3 |
| Tempico Mid-Atlantic | Waste Reduction | 12 |
| Tony Meza Home Repair | Contracting | 3 |
| Trucking and Maint. (Angelo Williams) | Building repair/earth delivery | 1 |
| Vanceboro Apparel | Apparel Manufacturing | 30 |
Total |
116.5 |
* Business has closed
Go to our Publications page for a printer-friendly list of these businesses
Visit Booth Brothers' homepage
E-mail CompQuez or visit CompQuez.com
Visit Derrick Winters' website
Ebony Network Talk Show on WTOW (1320 AM) Fridays at 3:00
E-mail Gurley International
Visit the Steckley Films website or e-mail Jonathan Steckley
E-mail PC Success (Bobby and Cheryl Wells)
Visit Rafiki Housing's Website
More coming soon!
Last Updated: October 15, 2003