PCC opens small business hub for community entrepreneurs [Video]

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Hundreds gathered at Pima Community College’s Downtown Campus Tuesday evening for the grand opening of the Southern Arizona Technology and Entrepreneurship Center, or SATEC.

The center will give Tucsonans the space and guidance needed to start their very own small businesses.

PCC Business student Rebecca Ursule is one of those people.

“I lived in a refugee community for over 15 years,” she said. “And as a refugee for all those years, I realized there are some gaps.”

She is working on two non-profits aimed at closing those gaps.

“We’re going to be working on providing basic needs to underprivileged communities, possibly all over the world,” she said.

SATEC’s manager, Lydia Kennedy is a Tucson local and self-described serial entrepreneur.

“The biggest challenges are really knowing what to do,” said Kennedy. “A lot of times people say ‘I have this great idea, but I don’t know where …