The Lenoir Community College Microenterprise Loan Partnership has been named a recipient of the Site Excellence Award (SEAP) for the 2005-2006 fiscal year by the NC Rural Economic Development Center Inc. The SEAP award is given to NC Microenterprise Loan Program lending sites that exceed program annual production requirements by 20 percent or more. This is the sixth time the Partnership, which operates under the umbrella of the LCC Small Business Center, has received this award.

Pictured left to right are Microenterprise Loan agents Greg Hannibal and Vu Donie, LCC Economic Development Director Alice Tingle, LCC President Dr. Brantley Briley, and LCC Dean of Continuing Education Dr. Jay Carraway.