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By TIMES WIRES
Published October 9, 2006

BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER 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 or visit www.stpete.org/bac.

BUSINESS COUNSELING sessions, by the Pinellas Chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives, or 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. To register or 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 the University of South Florida, and on Thursday by Juan Fret of SCORE. Center hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today 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 2 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.

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. To schedule an appointment or for information, call (727) 826-5785.

SALES TAX workshop, by the Florida Department of Revenue, will be from 10 a.m. to noon today at the Clearwater Service Center, 19337 U.S. 19 N, Suite 200. For information, call Larry Fast at (727) 538-7155.

SBA LOANS program, by the Florida Small Business Development Center at USF, will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the USF Downtown Center, 1101 Channelside Drive, Room 111, Tampa. To register or for information, call (813) 905-5800 or visit www.sbdc.usf.edu.

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 and learn about small-business financing. To register or for information, call (727) 893-7146.

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

HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN workshop, by the Florida Small Business Development Center at USF will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Petersburg Business Development Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. To register or for information, call (727) 893-7146.

UNDERSTANDING ACCOUNTING & TAX PROCEDURES program, by Pinellas County Economic Development, will be from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday at the EpiCenter at the Pinellas County Business Development Center, 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 St. Petersburg Fire Rescue and Gulf Coast Business Finance Inc., will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. To register or for information, call (727) 893-7146.

HOW TO INVEST FOR INCOME NOW, BUT WITHOUT LOSING YOUR PRINCIPAL program, by the American Association of Individual Investors Florida West Coast Chapter, will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Sunshine Center, 330 Fifth St. N, St. Petersburg. Guest speaker is Don Cassidy. Cost is $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers if paid by Tuesday. Cost will be $14 the day of the program. No refunds. To register or for information, call John Zimnik at (727) 327-9077.

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