May 1, 2008
For Immediate Release

RCCC's Small Business Center
Announces Upcoming Free Seminars

          SALISBURY, N.C. -- The Small Business Center at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has announced its May and June schedule of free seminars. These programs are offered for people thinking about starting a small business or currently operating their own business.

          The Small Business Center (SBC) at RCCC is a community-based provider of education, training, counseling, information and referral, assisting entrepreneurs with business ideas and existing small business ventures.

          The SBC offers free seminars with support from the Rowan County Chamber of Commerce, Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce and the City of Kannapolis.

          For more information about the SBC and its programs, call RCCC 704-216-3742 or 704-216-3512, send an e-mail to coned@rowancabarrus.edu, or see the SBC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu/sbc/.

          Upcoming SBC seminars, offered free-of-charge, include:

• Break Even and Profitability - 6:30-8:30 p.m., May 1, RCCC's Cabarrus Business & Technology Center, 660 Concord Parkway North in Concord, room 9281.
• Legal Issues Affecting Small Businesses - 6:30-8:30- p.m., May 13, RCCC North Campus in Salisbury, Building 200, room 251.
• Franchising Options - 6:30-8:30 p.m., May 15, Cabarrus Business & Technology Center, room 9281.
• Destination Business - 6:30-8:30 p.m., May 21, Kannapolis Train Station, 201 S. Main St., in Kannapolis.
• Quit Operating on a Shoestring! Nonprofit Fundraising - 6:30-8:30 p.m., May 27, RCCC North Campus, Building 200, room 251.
• Understanding the Legal Structure of Your Business - 6:30-8:30 p.m., June 5, Cabarrus Business & Technology Center, room 9281.
• Starting Your Online Business from Scratch - 6:30-8:30 p.m., June 10, RCCC North Campus, Building 200, room 251.
• Dynamite Marketing on a Firecracker Budget - 6:30-8:30 p.m., June 18, Kannapolis Train Station.
• Starting a Home-Based Business - 6:30-8:30 p.m., June 19, Cabarrus Business & Technology Center, room 9281.
• Extra $: Starting a Small Business for Extra Income - 6:30-8:30 p.m., June 24, RCCC North Campus, Building 200, room 251.

           Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is a comprehensive, community-based institution of higher learning, serving the citizens of Rowan and Cabarrus Counties. RCCC offers approximately 40 programs of study in business, health and human services and engineering technologies at multiple campus locations. RCCC annually provides more than 2,000 course offerings, serving an enrollment of approximately 20,000 adult students. RCCC programs include an associate degree in arts and sciences, an associate degree in applied science, and diploma and certificate programs focusing on workforce training, continuing education and basic skills education.

           In addition, RCCC provides the education and job-training programs needed to meet many of the workforce demands of the North Carolina Research Campus, under construction in Kannapolis, N.C.

           For complete details, see the RCCC website at www.rowancabarrus.edu.