If you have been thinking about starting or expanding a business venture, you could take advantage of the next Mountain BizWorks Foundations Business Planning Course, beginning Tuesday, May 7, at the Mill Spring Agricultural Development Center.

This eight-week business planning course helps entrepreneurs to evaluate and estimate start-up and overhead costs, determine profit goals, project cash flow, develop marketing plans, and learn about necessary licensing and record keeping.

Additional material is provided for agricultural enterprises.

Registration is now open for the eight-week course beginning Tuesday, May 7 from 9 a.m. – noon at Mill Spring Agricultural Development Center, 156 School Rd., Mill Spring.

For more information or to register, contact Ashley Epling at 828-253-2834 x 27 or ashley@mountainbizworks.org; or course facilitator, Carol Lynn Jackson, at 828-817-2308 or carollynn@mountainbizworks.org.

– article submitted Carol Lynn Jackson