Start Your Own Business Workshop offered

Vermont Small Business Development Center is offering a workshop on how to start your own business and write a business plan, 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 7 in the 1st floor conference room of the Springfield Regional Development Corp., 14 Clinton Square in Springfield.

The Starting Your Own Business workshop is designed as a step-by-step guide for starting a business in Vermont for the first-time business owner. The course will cover business concepts including market research, registering a new company and writing an effective business plan.

Space is limited. Workshop fee is $99, which includes a workbook.

For more information, email Heather Gonyaw at hgonyaw@vtsbdc.org. Register online at www.vtsbdc.org (click on the training tab).

The Vermont Small Business Development Center is a non-profit partnership of government, education and business. The Springfield office is located at Springfield Regional Development Corp. on Clinton Street in Springfield.

For more information visit www.vtsbdc.org or contact Debra Boudrieau at (802) 885-2071 or e-mail dboudrieau@vtsbdc.org.