NOTES
1. The Office of Business Permits & Regulatory Assistance
provides a wide variety of services to small businesses including expediting
all the permits necessary to start a new business. (518) 473 8197
2. The Oswego SBDC, Oswego State University, (315) 341 7670,
is manned by a staff of professional small business advisors who can
assist you with many business questions and planning. Advisors have
both formal business training and small business operational experience
which enables them to offer objective advise based on both education
and previous experience. Advisors can assist with the development of
a formal written business plan which can be used as an operation guide
for the business or as a tool for acquiring financing from a lending
institution.
Other services offered by this SBDC include small business startup
information, advertising, networking and promotional assistance, financial
statement development, and record keeping assistance. A 21-hour intensive
small business training program is available (The Micro Enteprise Training
Program). Businesses that go through the training, write a viable business
plan and locate within the city of Oswego can apply for up to $10,000
from the city of Oswego's Community Develoment Office.
