City Offers Training Seminars For Small Businesses

San Diego – The City of San Diego’s Community and Economic Development Department, in partnership with the Small Business Development and International Trade Center at Southwestern College, is offering business assistance seminars to inform small business owners and entrepreneurs how to develop a small business into a successful enterprise.  Admission is free for all seminars.

The small business seminars will be presented at various branches of the San Diego Public Library.  The seminars will provide the basic tools to starting and growing a small business.  Topics to be covered include: approaches to business ownership, business plan development, starting the business, market research, marketing, financing, and alternative funding sources.  The dates, times and locations of upcoming seminars are as follows:

August 6, 2002, Malcolm X Branch Library, 5148 Market Street, from 3:30-7:30 p.m.   

September 10, 2002, Taylor Pacific Beach Library, 4275 Cass Street, from 3:30-7:30 p.m.

Additionally, the seminars will include information on the various programs and services provided by the Community and Economic Development Department, as well as other local, state and federal programs that provide technical assistance and funding for the small business community.  Additional seminars will be scheduled throughout the year.  For more information and reservations, please contact the City of San Diego’s Community and Economic Development Department at (619) 685-1390.

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With an emphasis on the City’s urban core neighborhoods and low and moderate income residents, the Community and Economic Development Department strives to improve the quality of life and ensure a healthy economy in San Diego through job development, business development, neighborhood revitalization, public improvements, redevelopment, social services, and revenue enhancement.