Grant funds free training for Portland business owners | OregonLive ...

Small business owners in under-served Portland areas have until Jan. 13 to apply for free entrepreneurship classes funded by the Portland Development Commission.

More than 50 scholarships are available for the small business management program, backed by a $450,000 PDC grant. People who own small businesses with 50 or fewer employees are eligible to apply.

The Portland Small Business Development Centers, the Oregon Microenterprise Network and the Micro-Inventors Program of Oregon are partnering to provide the small business classes.

"The program is a tried and true program," development center adviser Jackie Babicky-Peterson said. "It helps organizations get results."

To apply, go to www.bizcenter.org or call 971-722-5081. Applications are due Jan. 13 by 5 p.m.

?Molly Young, @PDXSmlBizNews

Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/small-business/index.ssf/2011/12/grant_funds_free_training_for_portland_business_owners.html

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