The Teen Enterprise Center (TEC) is an incubator for youth entrepreneurial-skill development. A component of the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program's (FWEP) after-school and weekend curriculum, the TEC is comprised of five adult-supervised business activities that focus on teamwork, self-discipline, product quality, and customer service.

From its beginning as two independent start-up businesses housed at two separate schools, the original B&E Club (Business and Enterprise ) has grown! The T-Shirt Printing Shop (founded at Smith Middle School in 1994) and the computer repair shop (which began as a pilot program at Wheatley High School in 1995) are now headquartered at the well-equipped, multi-purpose Teen Enterprise Center (TEC). TEC equipment ranges from printing stations, film-editing monitors, computer components, paint brushes and scaffolds. Officially opened August 1999, the Teen Enterprise Center also has a dark-room for film developing (photography) and screen production (silk-screening), a multi-purpose conference room, and administrative office space.

Located at 3300 Lyons Avenue, Suite 101 , the Teen Enterprise Center is the culmination of a short, explosive period of expansion and growth by the Fifth Ward Enrichment Program and its youth-run businesses. As early as spring 1995, the T-shirt printing shop, now named TKO Enterprize, was the only teen operated business in FWEP. However, by the summer of 1999, the FWEP teen enterprise portfolio included computer repair/refurbishing, the filmmakers project, a bicycle repair shop, and the mural/neighborhood art project. The photography club has replaced the bicycle repair shop. These businesses create and produce goods that are marketed and sold to the general public. Production materials and overhead costs are deducted by FWEP from product sales and the profits are distributed as stipends to the youth participants.