Starting Your Business workshop Tuesday
Have you considered starting your own small business, but were unsure of where to begin? The Utica Municipal Housing Authority will sponsor a free workshop Tuesday, June 5, on starting your own business.
“The Building Blocks for Starting a Business” workshop will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Utica Public Library, 303 Genesee Street, Utica, second floor. Parking is in the rear of the building off of Park Street. The workshop is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
The speakers will be Dr. Pat Laino, Executive Director of the Business Training Institute, Inc., and Donna Rebisz, Director of The Women’s Business Center of New York State.
Dr. Pat Laino has trained hundreds of entrepreneurs, and more than 83 percent of her students started and continue to operate businesses that are highly successful. She will cover the basic start-up steps that include: how to begin your initial planning, identifying what you want to sell, how to find customers, and other essential points to ensure your business will be a success.
Donna Rebisz will speak about how to become a Certified Woman or Minority Owned Business, and the advantages.
Housing Authority staff and AmeriCorps members will be on site to provide information on the HUD Section 3 Business Certification Program, and to provide information on other service referrals available. Resources on local business assistance programs will be presented. Women, minorities, youth, immigrants, public housing and Section 8 voucher residents and low-income people are encouraged to participate.
For more information, call 315.735.5246, ext. 25 or 34, or email cnyhirc@gmail.com. The event can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/UticaMHA or facebook.com/events/239495266802954/.