April 7, 2010

The RCEDA has had a tremendous response to its Building Bitterroot Business classes held at the Ravalli Entrepreneurship Center (REC).

“All the classes were about at capacity” reports John Schneeberger, REC Facility Director. “The surveys filled out by the participants were also very favorable.”

The Building Bitterroot Business classes were started in response to a need identified by the RCEDA for basic business planning and technical assistance. The Ravalli County EDA was able to offer these classes with help from a Rural Business Opportunity Grant provided by the USDA Rural Development program administered out of Missoula.

“We’ve been trying to get this type of business training going in the valley for a couple of years now and are very excited that its finally happened,” says Julie Foster, Executive Director of the RCEDA. The next round of classes begins May 4 and includes computer accounting and spreadsheet, as well as a five-part series on basic business planning. The classes are held in the Bitterroot College classrooms in the back of the Bitterroot Job Service in the REC. For more information contact the RCEDA at 375-9416, john@rceda.org, or stop by the REC at 274 Old Corvallis Road in Hamilton.

Call the RCEDA Office at 406.375.9416 or email RCEDA General Information