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Published October 16, 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. today  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 .

MARKETING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS workshop, by the Midtown Rotary Club, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today  at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. To register or for information, call (727) 893-7146 .

10 STEPS TO START A SUCCESSFUL SMALL BUSINESS workshop, by SCORE will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday  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. Tuesday  at the Sunshine Center, 330 Fifth St. N, St. Petersburg. Guest speaker is Don Cassidy . Cost is $14. No refunds. To register or for information, call John Zimnik  at (727) 327-9077 .

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.

SBA PROGRAMS AND SERVICES - ACCESS TO CAPITAL workshop, by 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 .

MARKETING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS workshop, 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 .

STEPS TO START A SMALL BUSINESS program, by the Florida Small Business Development Center at USF, will be from 5:30-9 p.m. Thursday  at the USF Downtown Center, 1101 Channelside  Drive, Room 111, Tampa. Cost is $40. To register or for information, call (813) 905-5800  or visit www.sbdc.usf.edu .

REACH FOR THE STARS forum, by the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Women’s Council, will be from noon to 4 p.m. Friday  at the Science Center, 7701 22nd Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Keynote speaker is Debbie Happy Cohen , author of Reach Your Stars. A buffet lunch will be served. Cost is $35 for Chamber members; $45 for non members. For registration or information, call Christine Brown at (727) 821-4069 or a registration form can be picked up at the Chamber at 100 Second Ave. N, Suite 150, St. Petersburg.

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