Take advantage of these great upcoming workshops and programs offered at the Ohio Small Business Development Center in Springfield, Ohio! For more information on these events, visit the SBDC website.
Business Start-Up Small Business Start-Up 101 Register Thursday, May 12, 2016 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Business Start-Up 101: Learn 10 basic steps to start a small business and organize a plan of action for success. Prepare for the many challenges in this session; Am I ready to start a business? Does my business make sense? How do I secure financing? What are the different types of business (Sole Proprietor, Limited Liability Company, Corporation/S-Corp,?) What taxes do I pay? What are some issues I may not have considered? Resources and tools will be shared to understand the essential key areas as you begin a small business. Speaker: Lori Minnich Small Business Start-Up 101 Register Tuesday, May 17, 2016 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM Business Start-Up 101: Learn 10 basic steps to start a small business and organize a plan of action for success. Prepare for the many challenges in this session; Am I ready to start a business? Does my business make sense? How do I secure financing? What are the different types of business (Sole Proprietor, Limited Liability Company, Corporation/S-Corp,?) What taxes do I pay? What are some issues I may not have considered? Resources and tools will be shared to understand the essential key areas as you begin a small business. Speaker: Lori Minnich HR Basics for Small Business...must know to grow and profit! Register Thursday, May 19, 2016 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM Are you interested in the bottom line? Although HR is not a favorite management operation, business are made up of people and understanding the basics of HR will keep your company up-to-date on employment laws/compliance, management trends, employment best practices and sustainable policies. This session will provide an overview on the essential HR components insuring your business complies to mandated laws and regulations; small business can not afford to get HR wrong! Speaker: Cherie Lamborn, SPHR; SHRM-SCP Human Resource Director The Small Business Development Series- Starting Right and Beyond Register Tuesday, May 24, 2016 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Small businesses need resources to start, grow and sustain. Gain insight to the legal, accounting and insurance requirements for a small business. Seminar 2 in the series of 6. Each individual monthly seminar will help you enhance the start-up and/or growth of your small business. Speaker: TBD The Small Business Development Series- Building Banking Relationships Register Tuesday, June 28, 2016 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Small businesses need resources to start, grow and sustain. Gain insight to the process of access to capital and building bank relationships. Seminar 3 in the series of 6. Each individual monthly seminar will help you enhance the start-up and/or growth of your small business. The Small Business Development Series- Credit Report/Credit Score Register Tuesday, July 26, 2016 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM Small businesses need resources to start, grow and sustain. Gain insight to the importance of good business credit and money management for a small business. Seminar 5 in the series of 6. Each individual monthly seminar will help you enhance the start-up and/or growth of your small business. Find More Events.... Ohio SBDC Location 300 E Auburn Ave, Springfield, OH 45505 ![]() First Posted on UrbanaCitizen.com: March 10th, 2016 By Joshua Keeran - [email protected] In cities like New York, Boston and San Francisco, where parking is at a premium, individuals often shell out thousands of dollars or in some cases hundreds of thousands of dollars for one parking space. This past November, Honeywell Aerospace’s Game Changers Employee Club in Urbana found out just how much their fellow associates are willing to pay for parking at the workplace. As a way to raise funds for local organizations, the club was given approval to place up for bid 56 prime parking spots at Honeywell Aerospace’s state Route 55 location. The spots had previously been available on a first-come, first-serve basis. “The online bidding process was open for all associates at all levels throughout the site for several weeks,” Honeywell Aerospace Executive Assistant April Shockey said. “Employees were able to use an alias throughout, making the process fun and exciting. Cheers and applause broke out when the last bids processed through.” The result of the fundraiser revealed Honeywell Aerospace employees value prime parking spots, as bids ranged from $50 to $305. In total, the 56 spaces brought in over $6,000, and the winning bidders have access to their spots until November. After the auction wrapped up, Shockey said, employees were asked to provide feedback as to which organizations the club should donate the funds to. The decision was made to donate $2,000 to the Grimes Flying Lab Foundation, $2,000 to the GrandWorks Foundation/Gloria Theatre, and $1,000 to the Champaign County 4-H Committee. During an employee meeting on Wednesday, Tom Duggan, senior director/plant general manager, presented the donations to representatives from all three organizations. On hand to accept the checks were Randy Henson, vice president of the Grimes Flying Lab Foundation Board; Lydia Hess, GrandWorks Foundation administrative manager; Diane Jess, Champaign County 4-H Committee treasurer; and Melinda Morrison, Champaign County OSU Extension director/4-H educator. Honeywell Aerospace employees also decided to put aside $1,000 from the auction to be used to bid on livestock at the Champaign County Fair in August. While not at the same scale as the parking space fundraiser, the Game Changers Employee Club raises funds for different organizations throughout the county on a monthly basis. “They sell awareness ribbons and badge buddies that employees are able to wear on their badge lanyards that gives them a casual dress pass for the month,” Shockey said. Joshua Keeran may be reached at 937-652-1331 (ext. 1774) or on Twitter @UDCKeeran. ![]() Local manufacturers took center stage on Tuesday at the county Community Center during a “Manufacturers Thank You Breakfast” hosted by the Champaign Economic Partnership (CEP). The event, attended by state and local officials and representatives from some of the county’s 18 manufacturing companies, was organized by the CEP to “honor and thank the employers for their dedication to Champaign County.” “Almost everybody that is represented in this room on the manufacturing side has either had growth this past year – whether it be employees, expansion or new investment in equipment – or is getting ready to,” said CEP Economic Development Director Marcia Bailey. The list of manufacturing companies in the county includes Bundy Baking Solutions, WEIDMANN, KTH, Ultra-met, The Hall Company, Rosewood Machine and Tool Company (RMT), Advanced Technology Products (ATP), Sarica Manufacturing, ORBIS Corporation, Desmond-Stephan Manufacturing, Hughey & Phillips, Parker Trutec, Rittal, Johnson Welded Products (JWP), Robert Rothschild Farm, Colepak, International Fiber Corporation and Honeywell Aerospace. Bailey remarked that even with an ever-growing list of manufacturers in the county, no one is in stiff competition with the other and, in some cases, local companies are helping one another. “The uniqueness is still there in that none of you make the same product and some of you are each other’s customer, so we want to continue that,” she said. “We want to continue the diversity that we have and bring more people here.” Proclamations Three local manufacturers were highlighted during the event for reaching anniversary milestones in 2015. Urbana Mayor Bill Bean and Champaign County Commissioners Steve Hess, Bob Corbett and Dave Faulkner jointly presented Ultra-met (50 years in business), JWP (45 years in business) and KTH (30 years in business) with “Keeping Champaign County Strong” proclamations in recognition of their “long-standing dedication and service to the community.” “We thought it was unique that three companies are celebrating anniversaries all in the same year,” Bailey said. Representatives from the three companies were also presented with pumpkins from the CEP painted by local artist Vicki Deere-Bunnell. Each pumpkin was decorated with the company’s logo and fall scenes. Also in attendance was Sandra Brasington, the western Ohio regional liaison for Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s office, who presented each manufacturer with a proclamation signed by Kasich and Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor. “On behalf of the governor’s office, we want to thank you for your investment in Ohio as businesses in manufacturing,” Brasington said. “You guys are the ones making it happen, so we really want to thank each of you.” Brasington also thanked the county’s manufacturers for “changing lives” for the thousands of workers they employ. “You are making a difference,” she said. “You guys are doing a great job here in Champaign County, and we want to recognize that.” Bailey presented data showing job creation is on the rise. In 2013, Champaign County manufacturers employed 2,928 people, and by 2014, the number rose to 3,487. As of September of this year, Bailey said, the number of employees working in the county’s manufacturing sector stands at 3,832. “We’ve had over 900 jobs created in a three-year time period just here in Champaign County in manufacturing,” she said. (Pictured above: Champaign County Commissioner Steve Hess presents Lilli Ann Johnson, president of Johnson Welded Products (JWP), with a “Keeping Champaign County Strong” proclamation during Tuesday’s “Manufacturers Thank You Breakfast” hosted by the Champaign Economic Partnership (CEP) at the county Community Center in Urbana. From left are Urbana Mayor Bill Bean, Hess, Johnson and Rachel Lewis, CEP administrative assistant. ) |
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