Cabarrus Center
for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Located in the heart of downtown Concord, the Cabarrus Center offers professional workspace, meeting rooms, event space, educational workshops, networking events, business resources, mentorship services, and a host of amenities to support entrepreneurs who are launching or growing their businesses.

For Retail Entrepreneurs

The Retail Lab serves early-stage and pre-launch retail business owners in Cabarrus and Rowan counties by providing an application-based, six-week immersive Boot Camp followed by an opportunity for new retailers to test out their concept in the Cabarrus Center’s Retail Lab Pop Up Store.

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Shop Local at the Pop Up

Every time you shop at the Retail Lab Pop Up Store, you support the local retail entrepreneurs who are starting and growing their businesses in your community. Shop everything from apparel, beauty and wellness products, handmade gifts, novelty items, art and decor, and so much more!

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New Accelerator Program

The HEIChallenge is a business idea competition seeking solutions to problems that the sponsoring institutions deeply care about. The Challenge seeks the submission of scalable and investable solutions to problems that lead to or create significant healthcare outcome disparities.

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How does the Cabarrus Center support entrepreneurs?

The Cabarrus Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is designed to provide entrepreneurs with the resources they need, all under one roof, in order to be successful at starting and growing their businesses

We welcome aspiring entrepreneurs, existing businesses and our local community to come to the Cabarrus Center to learn, grow and accelerate their businesses through education, networking and mentoring.