Small businesses encouraged




The Small Business Development Center, hosted by College of the Canyons, the city of Calabasas and the Calabasas Chamber of Commerce, has announced a partnership to provide free business consulting and low-cost training services to small business owners and entrepreneurs throughout the Calabasas area.

Through this partnership, the SBDC will serve as the core source of workshop trainers and business advisors, while the city of Calabasas and Chamber of Commerce will provide the use of their facilities to host low-cost workshops and no-cost counseling services.

Beginning in May, SBDC business advisors will regularly host workshops and seminars in Calabasas on such topics as business start-up and expansion, using email marketing tools to drive sales, obtaining business financing, increasing sales for existing businesses and human resource issues.

The first workshop will be “The Power of E-mail Marketing” from 10 a.m. to noon Wed., May 19 in the training room at the new Calabasas Civic Center Training Facility, 100 Civic Center Way, Calabasas.

Consulting services will be provided in the board room at the Calabasas Chamber of Commerce, 23564 Calabasas Road.

For more information, call the SBDC at (661) 362-5900 or visit www.cocsbdc.org.


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