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By Times Staff
Published July 17, 2006


BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER has personal computers equipped with business software and internet access, graphic work-stations, CD-ROM technology, interactive videos and an extensive business library. Hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Friday at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. Call 727 893-7146.

FINANCIAL RESOURCE CENTER, in the Staples Business Resource Center at the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce, 1130 Cleveland St., Clearwater, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Friday. For business counseling and assistance appointments on Tuesday or Thursday, call Jeanne Creech at (727) 461-0011 or e-mail jcreech@clearwaterflorida.org.

BUSINESS">BUSINESS LOAN COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE sessions, by the Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corp., are by appointment only at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. For registration or information, call (727) 826-5785.

BUSINESS COUNSELING sessions by the Pinellas Chapter of SCORE are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Wednesday and Friday at the Clearwater Airport Business Center, 4707 140th Ave. N, Suite 311. For information, call (727) 532-6800.

BUSINESS COUNSELING sessions by SCORE will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, and by the Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of South Florida from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. For registration, call (727) 893-7146.

business taxes program, by the Florida Small Business Development Center at USF, will be from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the USF Downtown Center, 1101 Channelside Drive, Room 111, Tampa. For registration or information, call (813) 905-5800 or visit www.sbdc.usf.edu.

CREDIT EDUCATION workshop, by the Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corp., will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. Call (727) 893-7146.

STATE MBE AND FEDERAL SBA 8(a)/SDB CERTIFICATION program, by the Hillsborough County Small Business Information Center, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the 78th Street Community Library, 7625 Palm River Road, Tampa. Call (813) 914-4028 or visit www.hcplc.org.

AN APPROACH TO BUYING A BUSINESS workshop, by SCORE, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. To register, call (727) 893-7146.

HOW TO START A BUSINESS program, by the Pinellas County Business Development Center, will be from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the EpiCenter, 13805 58th St. N, Clearwater, in the ICOT Business Center. For registration or information, call (727) 453-7200, e-mail businesshelp@ pced.org or visitwww.PCED.org.

MARKETING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS program, by the Pinellas County Business Development Center, will be from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday at the EpiCenter, 13805 58th St. N, Clearwater, in the ICOT Business Center. For registration or information, call (727) 453-7200, e-mail businesshelp@ pced.org or visitwww.PCED.org.

steps to start a small business program, by the Florida Small Business Develop-ment Center at USF, will be from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday at USF Downtown Center, 1101 Channelside Drive, Room 111, Tampa. For registration or information, call (813) 905-5800 or visit www.sbdc.usf.edu.

CHANGING AUDIENCE NEEDS, IN PRINT AND ONLINE, by the American Marketing Association, will be at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at the St. Petersburg Times auditorium, 490 First Ave. S, St. Petersburg. Speakers include Christine Montgomery, Times director of electronic publishing; Neville Green, tbt*/Tampa Bay Times editor; and Eric Myers, Times national advertising manager. Cost is $25 for members; $35 for guests; and $23 for collegiate members; walkups are $5 additional. To register, go to http://guest.cvent.com and type in 6ZN7KBMYPHX.

[Last modified July 17, 2006, 06:00:49]


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