Re: Wages, small businesses, etc.

[Dena Marchant <denam@fsr.com>]

Just fyi,
the wood products store in the eastside mall is closed.  the sign 
on the door says they will reopen in Clarkston.

Dena

At 05:07 PM 1/13/00 -0800, Peggy Adams wrote:
>JJSwanberg said:
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>>What forums are available locally for small business owners to share their
>>experiences, advice, resources etc?  Has a list of business resources ever
>>been compiled for the local area?
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>A course in starting and building a small business is available through
>Woodnet, the organization that has the interesting wood products store in
>the Eastside Marketplace.  The SEED (South East Economic Development)
>Council in Lewiston has had a program for small businesses which includes
>micro-loans and business advising. The Chamber is a forum through which
>local businesses can communicate.  It seems that much of what we're
>addressing here may be part of what the Chamber already does.  Keep in
>mind, small business owners are as busy as the rest of us and have little
>time or energy to waste on seminars and classes which are of marginal
>benefit.
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>Last year the YWCA of WSU brought in expertise in small business
>development and offered a series of very good classes in starting and
>building a small business.  Although classes were offered in Moscow, no one
>from Moscow participated.  Perhaps the money ($75) or time (1 night a week
>for 6 weeks) committments were too great.
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>Again, I want to emphasize that business training is just a piece of the
>picture.  Local policy needs to encourage and support small business.
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>Peggy Adams
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