Broome Community College
Center for Community Education
P.O. Box 1017 Upper Front Street
Binghamton, NY 13902
Phone: (607) 778-5012 Fax: (607) 778-5535

Contact Person: Debra Morello, Director

The Center for Community Education provides workshops and seminarsfor potential business owners ranging from "Developing aBusiness Plan" to marketing and accounting. In addition,the Center offers a variety of workshops focused on specific types of entrepreneurial activities.

For expanding businesses continuing education programs andtraining for employees are available. The Center for CommunityEducation is able to provide up-to-date training for businessowners and their employees upon request and is interested in providinginstructional opportunities for the business community.

The Excellence Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (ExCEL)combines community services with BCC's infrastructure and expertise to help ensure and maintain the success of small businesses inthe Southern Tier.

Services include:

• Training courses
• Entrepreneurial Society meetings
• Small Business Resource Guide Online
• BCC Entrepreneurial Society
• Holiday Party for Entrepreneurs
• Brochure Program
• Community Symposia
  
  For details, call Debbie Morello at (607) 778-5012.

BCC's Corporate Service Program provides customized training and services for business and industry in areas of:

• assessment
• training
• consulting
• basic skills
• management and supervisory skills
• computer training
• technical training
• focusgroups.

Other training and services are available. BCC's expert consulting staff will visit your company and work with you to design trainingprograms best suited to your company's goals and objectives. For details, call Janet Hertzog at (607) 778-5054.

Fees vary with the program offered.

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Broome-Tioga Board of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES)
435 Glenwood Road
Binghamton, NY 13905
Phone: (607)763-3300

Contact Person: Bonnie Halstrom, Coordinator for Evening Education

Fees for services: Scheduled classes cost from $11 to $459 per person. Prices for custom designed instruction vary.

BOCES offers a variety of introductory courses for potential business owners. Business, computing, personal improvement and occupational training are available.

For existing business owners, they offer employee training tailored to meet the specific needs of the employer. Also, they provide related training for registered apprentices.

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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County
840 Front Street
Binghamton, NY 13905
Phone: (607)772-8953
Fax: (607)723-5951

Contact: David A. Bradstreet,
Agriculture Profitability Teamleader

Fees for services: Modest and affordable fees are charged for information center resources.

Cooperative Extension assists potential agriculture business owners and those looking to expand their operation with the development of a financial assessment of the business venture.

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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County
99 North Broad Street
Norwich, NY 13815 Phone: (607) 334-5841

Contact Person: Association Director

Fees for services: Modest and affordable fees are charged for educational classes and information
center resources.

Cooperative Extension assists potential agriculture business owners with information resources which provide a framework for evaluating the feasibility of a new agriculture or rural based business.

For existing businesses and individuals looking to expand their operations, Cooperative Extension provides information and educational classes on personal and family financial management, while continuing to analyze how much additional risk the business owner can afford to take.

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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County
PO Box 184
Hamden, NY 13782 Phone: (607)865-6531

Contact Person: Mariane Kiraly, Extension Educator

Fees for services: Modest and affordable fees for resources and classes.

Delaware County Cooperative Extension resources are available for farmers in conventional and alternative agriculture. Programs are developed in cooperation with Cornell University and local officials. Farm start-up and cash flow analysis are routinely offered. Income tax management and farm business management services are also available.

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Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tioga County
56 Main Street
Owego, NY 13827 Phone: (607) 687-4020

Contact Person: Brent W. Henry, Association Director
Fees for services: Modest and affordable fees.

Cooperative Extension assists potential business owners with a personal financial assessment of the business venture by analyzing how much a person can afford to devote to the business and how much risk the business owner can afford to take.

For existing businesses and individuals looking to expand their operations, the Cooperative Extension provides information on personal and family financial management, while continuing to analyze how much additional risk the business owner can afford to take.

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School-to-Careers Partnership of Broome and Tioga Counties (STC)
23 Jackson Avenue
Endicott, NY 13760 Phone: (607) 786-8593

Contact Person: Sandra Watkins, Program DevelopmentSpecialist

STC facilitates a comprehensive educational partnership betweeneducational institutions and businesses, students, parents andcommunity agencies targeted at preparing local youth for employment.

STC coordinates career awareness, mentoring, youth apprenticeships,and work force preparation programs for students K-12. In addition,STC provides business visitation opportunities for school personnel.

Employers and educators work together to develop a learningenvironment in which students acquire transferable skills theywill use in the workplace. Businesses can volunteer to participatein the various school-based and work-based learning activities listed above.

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