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Datebook

By Times Staff
Published September 4, 2006


BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. Call 727 893-7146.

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

BUSINESS ASSISTANCE by the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce offers free business assistance on Tuesday by Jeanne Creech, vice president of business assistance at the chamber, and by Wayne Brass of the Florida Small Business Development Center at USF; and on Thursday by Juan Fret of SCORE. Center hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. For appointments, call the chamber at (727) 461-0011 or e-mail jcreech@clearwaterflorida.org.

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 USF from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. To register or for information, call (727) 893-7146.

SALES TAX workshop, by the Florida Department of Revenue, will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Clearwater Service Center, 19337 U.S. 19 N, Suite 200, Clearwater. For information, call Larry Fast at (727) 538-7155.

FINANCING YOUR BUSINESS LUNCH & LEARN session, by the Tampa Bay Black Business Investment Corp. and Gulf Coast Business Finance Inc., will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. Bring your lunch an learn about small-business financing. For registration or information, call (727) 893-7146.

HOW TO START A BUSINESS workshop, by the Pinellas County Business Development Center, will be from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the EpiCenter, 13805 58th St. N, Clearwater. To register or for information, call (727) 453-7200, e-mail businesshelp@pced.org or visit www.pced.org.

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS workshop, by the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center and the U.S. Small Business Administration, will be from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. To register or for information, call (727) 893-7146.

START NOW, AND DOUBLE YOUR INCOME IN 2007 program, by the Florida Small Business Development Center at USF, will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at the USF Downtown Center, Port Authority Building, 1101 Channelside Drive, Classroom 111. Cost is $40. To register or for information, call (813) 905-5810.

STEPS TO START A SMALL BUSINESS program, by the Florida Small Business Development Center at USF, will be from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Friday at the USF Downtown Center, Port Authority Building, 1101 Channelside Drive, Classroom 111. Cost is $40. For information, call (813) 905-5810.

UNDERSTANDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP seminar, by the Pinellas County Business Development Center, will be from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday at the EpiCenter, 13805 58th St. N, Clearwater. To register or for information, call (727) 453-7200, e-mail businesshelp@pced.org or visit www.pced.org.

SCORE SUCCESS SEMINAR all-day series of workshops, sponsored by SCORE in collaboration with the city of St. Petersburg and the USF St. Petersburg Campus, will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the USF St. Petersburg Campus, 140 Seventh Ave. S., St. Petersburg. Cost is $50 and $25 for each additional member of the same business and includes continental breakfast, lunch and parking. Deadline to register is Tuesday. Late registration is $75 and $3 for parking. To register call Ondria McDonald at (727) 893-8176 or email ondria.mcdonald@stpete.org.

[Last modified September 4, 2006, 05:53:31]


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