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In the News - January 2012
Feb. 22 outdoor business workshop to focus on planning, development
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- Outdoor business workshop, Feb. 22, U of A Rice Research and Extension Center, Stuttgart
- Participants will learn about business plans, marketing and legal considerations
- Contact Grant Beckwith, 870-830-0473 or Arkansas Co. Extension Office, 870-946-3231
STUTTGART, Ark. – Entrepreneurs old and new are welcome to attend the Business Plan Development & Legal Considerations for Outdoor Businesses Workshop, to be held Feb. 22 a the University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center in Stuttgart.
“We want every landowner to go home with a business plan draft in hand, along with an understanding of how to prepare solid business plan accounting for marketing and legal purposes,” said Becky McPeake, professor and extension specialist-wildlife with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
A working knowledge of business plans and legal issues would give prospective entrepreneurs a head start, and would aid any current outdoor businesses seeking a refresher.
Speakers and presentations highlight the morning, and participants will be split up into groups in the afternoon to tackle business ideas for agritourism, nature-based tourism and hunting.
Among the items on the agenda:
- Revenue potential from natural resource enterprises
- Business plan development
- Using social media to promote business
- Liability and legal considerations
- Real-life examples of success
- Group activity: developing a business plan
- Business plan presentations on fee hunting, nature tourism, agritourism
Registration, featuring a continental breakfast, begins at 8:00 a.m. The workshop will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m. Cost is $15 for a single person and $25 for couples.
Contact Grant Beckwith at 870-830-0473, the Arkansas County Extension Office at 870-946-3231, or visit www.arnatural.org/enterprise for more information.
For more information on business or tourism, visit www.uaex.edu or contact your county extension office.
The Cooperative Extension Service is part of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status, and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
January 27, 2012
By The Cooperative Extension Service
U of A System Division of Agriculture
Media Contact: Mary Hightower
Extension Communications Specialist
U of A Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
(501) 671-2126
mhightower@uaex.edu
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