Assessing a Location for Your Business

Event description

Finding a Location for Your Brick and Mortar Business is your roadmap to selecting a great location for your business.

Whether you’re dreaming of opening a hair salon, a fitness center or a garden supply center, this workshop will review the tools and knowledge you need to find a location that meets your needs and maximizes your businesses potential for success.

This workshop covers essential topics such as community assessments, competition research, zoning and planning considerations, traffic counts, crime and safety, parking and traffic flow, employees and housing and much more.

Whether you’re a seasoned business owner or a newcomer to business ownership, this workshop will provide valuable insights to help you make informed decisions when you are looking to lease or buy a space.

Presenter Heather Turner is a Granite Region Certified SCORE mentor. She spent twenty years cooking professionally and in 2003 started her own business (with the assistance of a SCORE mentor). She currently teaches social media and marketing for small businesses and mentors and co-mentors in the chapter for marketing and social media for startup businesses and for existing businesses who need some help and guidance in the digital age. She also specializes in working with the hospitality industry for operations, both starting a food business as well as in business.