Crisp Small Business Resource Center News

January 2026

ECU Researchers help local town with marketing plan

The oldest “Nashville” will be getting some new looks, thanks in part to a collaboration with ECU’s College of Business, Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and the College […]

 1/6/2026

November 2025

Crisp and G.R.I.T: Serving Overlooked Small Businesses

As you know, Pirates have grit, and now business owners and entrepreneurs in eastern North Carolina have G.R.I.T. too! The Grow, Repay, Invest, Transform (G.R.I.T.) Fund is a new nonprofit […]

 11/5/2025

May 2023

Crisp Center Snapshot: ’22-’23 review

This year has been the most productive for the Crisp Center so far. In addition to the quantitative metrics, the team also served on NC’s Small Business Advisory Council, Rural […]

 5/11/2023

April 2023

Crisp’s Yeager facilitates classes that assist community partners

“This work is a perfect example of how the Crisp Center can help ECU students gain real-world experiences.”

 4/26/2023