The Roane Alliance’s Small Business Resource Center to Open Wednesday
Friday July 02, 2010
Roane County’s First Business Resource Guide also to be Released
Kingston, TN -- The Roane Alliance will celebrate the grand opening of its new Small Business Resource Center Wednesday morning at 9:30 am. The center was created to serve Roane County's small businesses in need of information - both printed and virtual -- about how to run a business.
Also being celebrated Wednesday morning is the release of Roane County's first Business Resource Guide which was compiled by Roane Alliance staff to provide basic information for anyone who wants to start a business in Roane County. The guide can also be used for existing small businesses needing a primer on business basics, such as tax, licensure, insurance, grants, etc.
"It is one of our primary goals at The Roane Alliance to do everything we can to help our small businesses be as successful as possible," said Leslie Henderson, President/CEO of The Roane Alliance. "This center should provide not only a business ‘library' of resources for small businesses - including our own new ‘Business Resource Guide' for starting a business in Roane County - but also computer time and internet access for those businesses in our county that need it."
Available at the newly-decorated center which is located on the lower level of the Alliance building at 1209 N. Kentucky St. Kingston:
- A work station, complete with a computer provided at no cost to the Alliance by Tennessee's Small Business Development Center. The computer will allow on-line participation in TSBDC seminars, as well as internet access for small businesses that may not have easy access to conduct their business.
- A conference table for business meetings.
- A private area for business counseling sessions to be used by SCORE and other free counseling services.
The center will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis to Roane County businesses. Chamber members will be given priority in scheduling the use of the center's meeting area. Please call 865-376-2093 to schedule an appointment to use the center's computer.
The Alliance is Roane County's economic development organization and consists of both public and private organizations, including the Roane County Chamber of Commerce, the Roane County Industrial Development Board and the Roane County Visitors Bureau.
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