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Events
July 16
Start your business
Loudoun Small Business Development Center will hold a seminar on starting a business at the Cascades Library, 21030 Whitfield Place, Sterling, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Small business specialists Deborah Roder and Robin Suomi speak. Highlights of the seminar will include taxes; licensing; accounting and record keeping; business plan development; sources of financing; marketing; and insurance.
The program is free but registration is required. Call 703-430-7222, or e-mail sbdc@loudounsbdc.org.
July 20
Foreclosure home tour
EXIT Realty Talbot and Co. and Chevy Chase Bank are hosting a bus tour of foreclosed homes for interested homebuyers from 1 to 4 p.m. The bus leaves from the EXIT Realty office at 44121 Harry Byrd Highway, Ashburn.
Passengers will see eight to 10 homes in Ashburn, Broadlands and Brambleton.
The tour is free to buyers, but they must get prequalified by Chevy Chase Bank and sign a buyer's agreement for just the homes on the tour, in case they decide to move forward with a purchase.
To sign up, call 703-668-8548.
July 22
Online networking seminar
A seminar called “Online Networking: What a Way to Grow!” will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Thomas Balch Library, 208 W. Market St., Leesburg.
Online networking sites, which are free to join, offer opportunities to build business relationships and connect to potential customers.
Jennifer Abernethy, CEO of The Sales Lounge, has more than 22 years of sales experience and is an ardent supporter of Facebook. Marvin Powell, a business coach and financial adviser, is a skilled networker and big fan of LinkedIn. They will offer reasons why you need to be on these networks now. Learn how to take advantage of today’s Internet technology to make your expertise known to your target markets; find potential clients, service providers and subject experts; and create a more meaningful brand to your referral sources.
The program is free, but registration is required. Call 703-430-7222, or e-mail sbdc@loudounsbdc.org.
July 25
Buy fresh meeting
The Virginia Cooperative Extension will hold a work group meeting from 9 to 11 a.m., at the Fauquier County Extension Office, 24 Pelham St., Warrenton, to discuss the social, environmental and economic aspects of buying local foods.
All interested farmers, county and state officials, food purchasing institutions, and businesses and residents are welcome.
The event is free. Contact Corey Child's, at the VCE Loudoun office at 703-777-0373, or cchilds@vt.edu.
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