Pride of Kinston is a non-profit organization charged with promoting the revitalization of downtown Kinston. As part of its revitalization efforts, the Kinston Enterprise Center is being developed to recruit, develop, and stimulate entrepreneurial talent in Lenoir, Greene, and Jones counties. The project will be a “state of the art” business incubation center that will serve as a shell building for recruiting technology and other small business start-ups to the area. Pride of Kinston has secured 80% of the necessary funding and will use the grant to complete the technology component of the project. It is expected that 50 to 60 % of the space will be leased upon opening in June of 2002.
