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.<\/p>\n
This nine-week course is open to any prospective entrepreneur as well as existing small businesses (with ten or fewer employees) in our region.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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:<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Contact SUNY Adirondack at 743-2238 to register for the class by Feb. 25.<\/p>\n
Additional loan programs are available for existing businesses. Visit www.wcldc.org or www.warrenldc.org for more details about other loan programs available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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