Business Resources:

Organizations and Resources:

• SCORE, Counselors to America's Small Business www.score.org
• Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network www.msbdc.org
• Southeastern Economic Development Corporation www.seedcorp.com

*Small Business Loans available through SEED from $1,000 to $4 million*

• Center for Marketing Research at UMASS Dartmouth www.umassd.edu/cmr
• Center for Women and Enterprise www.cweboston.org
• Stonehill College www.stonehill.edu
• Bridgewater State College www.bridgew.edu
• Massasoit Community College www.massasoit.mass.edu
• Southeastern Regional High School www.sersd.org
• Constant Contact, for your e-mail marketing needs.  For chamber member rates visit http://www.constantcontact.com/index.jsp?pn=eastonchamber

Government Web-sites:

• Better Business Bureau http://www.bbb.org
• Old Colony Planning Council www.ocpcrpa.org
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Procurement Access & Solicitation System http://www.comm-pass.com
• Consumer Product Safety Division http://www.cpsc.gov
• National Archives http://www.archives.gov
• Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov
• U.S. Postal Service http://www.usps.com
• Internal Revenue Service http://irs.gov

Local Media Contacts:

• Boston Globe South http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/regional_editions/globe_south/
• The Brockton Enterprise www.enterprisenews.com
• Easton Journal www.cnc.com
• The Hometown News & Savings, www.hometown-news.net
• The Buzz, email buzznewsads@yahoo.com
• Easton Cable Channel www.cn8.tv

Related Events & Announcements:

MSBDC is offering a series of FREE workshops at the Irish Cultural Centre:

*ABC's of E-Tools - Tuesday, March 2nd from 8 AM to 10 AM  - Search engines and search engine optimization, social networking (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, MySpace), blogs and e-newsletters. What are they? What do they do? Are they the right tools for your type of business? Should you use a social network? A blog? Or something in between? Find out how these tools can take your business to the next level.

*Face-book and Linked-In - Tuesday, April 6th from 8 AM to 10 AM - This workshop will teach clients how to open a Linked-In as well as a Face-book account. We will discuss registering businesses in both networks along with fan pages and discussion groups.

*Tweets and Blogs - Tuesday, May 4th from 8 AM to 10 AM - This workshop will focus on strategies for creating communities using Twitter and blogs. We will look at their importance for SEO and Inbound Links.

For more information and to register, please visit their web-site:

http://www.msbdc.org/semass/training.html.

The Ames Free Library presents

Wednesday Tax Series with Michael Lemke

Main Reading Room, 2nd Floor
53 Main Street, North Easton

February 24, 6 - 7 pm
Being a Homeowner

please see flyer for more details

A Framework for Action - The State Regional Economic Development Strategy

The full Framework for Action report includes specific recommendations for investments, state/local partnerships and job creation initiatives that will improve economic conditions in the near-term and will create the foundation for long-term prosperity throughout the state.  In many instances, the Patrick-Murray Administration has already identified and implemented the most critical initiatives. For more more information visit www.mass.gov/eohed.