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Business events around the bay area.

By TIMES STAFF
Published October 30, 2006


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BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER has personal computers equipped with business software and internet access, graphic workstations, CD-ROM technology, interactive videos and an extensive reference library for business research and planning. 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 .

CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG BUSINESS INCENTIVES workshop, by the City of St. Petersburg’s Economic Development Department, will be from 6 to 7 p.m. today  at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. For registration or information, call (727) 893-7146 .

SBA LOANS program, by the Florida Small Business Development Center at USF, will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 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 .

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

INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS STARTUP workshop, by the Florida Small Business Development Center at USF, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday  at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. For registration or 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 .

UNDERSTANDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, 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 .

YOUR INTERNET STRATEGY program, by the Florida Small Business Development Center at USF, will be from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday  at the USF Downtown Center, 1101 Channelside Drive, Room 111, Tampa. Cost is $40. For registration or information, call (813) 905-5800 , or visit www.sbdc.usf.edu .

HOW TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS THRIVE, NOT JUST SURVIVE workshop, by SCORE, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday  at the St. Petersburg Business Assistance Center, 33 Sixth St. S, Suite 301. For registration or information, call (727) 893-7146 .

[Last modified October 30, 2006, 08:01:11]


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