Entrepreneurial Development Services and Northwest Community Credit Union are joining forces to raise awareness of the importance of buying locally by sponsoring the “Love Local” Sweetheart Sale February 5-20, 2010.
The sale features 17 microenterprises in the Lane County area. Each of the participating businesses will be donating a portion of their sales during the event to eDev.
To see the press release: Love Local Press Release
Time to sign up for winter classes
You can find eDev's winter classes listed in our Events calendar on the left menu. Many of the classes are located in Junction City, Cottage Grove, and Veneta for the winter quarter although there are a couple of classes in the Eugene area. The reason for the reduced number of Eugene classes relates to the exhaustion of our Eugene Community Development Block Grant funds for the Eugene classes. We continue to seek additional funding for these popular classes but have not yet met with success. The only alternative, at present, is to re-institute a cost for the classes for Eugene residents - you may remember we had to put this in place last spring as funding ran low. The cost for Eugene residents is reflected on the Eugene class schedule, or will be $10 per class session should one attend a class in another venue.
Residents living in Springfield and rural Lane County continue to be fully funded by our other grants.
You can peruse our class listings for Eugene (classes held at 1445 Willamette St), Junction City (classes held at the new Community Service Center, 175 W. 7th Ave), Fern Ridge (classes held at Elmira Learning Ctr., 24936 Fir Grove Lane), or Cottage Grove (classes held at the Community Center, 700 E. Gibbs); or you might prefer to check out the Events Calendar to see all the listings (select from the menu on your left).
We ask that you pre-register and, as some of you know, the schedule is subject to change and if you haven't pre-registered you won't get an email or call if there's a cancellation!!
So please, call (463-4627) or email Juli for pre-registration. We are starting to post our winter classes and many more will be coming.
Are you looking for financial capital? Ask about eDev's business loan program.
Raising financial capital to develop your product or service in this marketplace is very difficult and challenging. As a general rule, banks will not consider any business that is less than two years old for a business loan. Increasingly, credit card companies are shutting down credit lines. Angel investors are generally looking for businesses that will operate on a large scale.
eDev became an SBA certified microloan lender in August 2009 and is now accepting loan applications. We encourage loan applicants to first view the Microloan PowerPoint presentation. All applicants need to have a completed business plan to be considered for a microloan.
A copy of our loan application is available. For more information, contact Martin Desmond at 541-463-4616 or email desmondm@lanecc.edu.
