The Washington County Local Development Corporation, Warren County LDC and SUNY Adirondack Continuing Education will conduct a spring series of the Microenterprise Assistance Program beginning Monday, March 4, at the SUNY Adirondack campus in Washington Hall from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
This nine-week course is open to any prospective entrepreneur as well as existing small businesses (with ten or fewer employees) in our region.
The program provides attendees with the resources to build or re-structure an effective business plan and covers other critical topics such as advertising, budgeting and bookkeeping, and legal issues, insurance requirements, taxes, permits, and financing strategies.
The course is designed to provide candidates with in-depth coverage of the business planning and operational process. Each session offers information relevant to building and utilizing an effective business plan.
SCORE kicks the course off by providing an overview of building a business plan and how to use that plan to succeed, grow and thrive. Every session brings an area professional to the classroom to discuss best practices from his/her respective field. Professional presentations for this course include:
Joyce Miller, SUNY Adirondack, Gail Hamel, Hamel Resources LLC; Michael Borgos, and Mark Delsignore of Borgos and Delsignore PC; John O’Brien, O’Brien Insurance; Carl Cedrone, Edward Jones; Mike Laney, Gore and Laney CPAs; Mark Galough, Glens Falls National Bank and Trust Co.; George Normandin, Normandin Marketing; as well as regional business owners ( Tim Havens, Mark Miller, Sharon Butto and Marge Randles) for a panel presentation in a round table discussion session with class participants.
The fee is $125 for each participant. In addition to learning valuable start up and expansion information, completing the course qualifies candidates to apply for funding a startup business in Washington or Warren counties.
Contact SUNY Adirondack at 743-2238 to register for the class by Feb. 25.
Additional loan programs are available for existing businesses. Visit www.wcldc.org or www.warrenldc.org for more details about other loan programs available.