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Charting a Course to Prosperity! GCC’s The BEST Center and City of Batavia Offering Small Business Ownership Series.

Calling all aspiring entrepreneurs. Here’s your chance to find out if you have what it takes to achieve small business success. The BEST Center at Genesee Community College is partnering with the City of Batavia and the Batavia Development Corporation (BDC) to offer a three-part “Owning Your Own Business” program designed to inspire creativity, fine­ tune skills, and chart a true course to prosperity. Those interested will be able to explore, experience, and connect with resources that can help turn a dream into a reality.

The program, “Get Underway: Small Business Ownership Series,” begins with a series of one hour workshops where participants will explore business opportunities, assessing their personal readiness to own and operate a new business. Each session will run from noon ­- 1 p.m. in the second floor community room at Batavia City Hall. The following four sessions are planned and participants are encouraged to attend each one: 
Part I - begins Sept. 16th

• Wed., Sept. 16, Noon-1:00 pm -- Do I have what it takes to own a small business?
• Wed., Sept. 23, Noon-1:00 pm -- Can I earn a living through my passion? Why didn’t I think of THAT business?
• Wed., Sept. 30, Noon-1:00 pm -- How much money do I need to start a business?
• Wed., Oct.   7,  Noon-1:00 pm -- The Sniff Test, assessing your business idea!

The sessions are $5 each for those who pre­-register online at http://www.genesee.edu/best/, or $10 each at the door.

The second part of the program goes beyond the basics to help participants fully develop a business concept and transition into becoming a business manager. These five weekly Wednesday evening sessions are mandatory if participants want to access grant resources available through the City of Batavia Microenterprise Grant Program. The sessions run from 6 to 9 p.m. in Room T121 of the Conable Technology Building on GCC’s Batavia campus. They include: 
Part II - begins Oct. 14th

• Wed., Oct. 14, 6:00-9:00 pm — Trials, tribulations & skills of a successful business leader
• Wed., Oct. 21, 6:00-9:00 pm — Marketing strategies to increase sales
• Wed., Oct. 28, 6:00-9:00 pm — Using financial information to guide my business
• Wed., Nov.  4, 6:00-9:00 pm — Learning to “manage” a business
• Wed., Nov. 11, 6:00-9:00 pm — Business plan presentation and networking 

The five­-week course costs $125 and students will receive a certificate upon successful completion. Registration for this course is also available online at http://www.genesee.edu/best/.

The Small Business Ownership series is funded in part by the New York State Office of Community Renewal Community Development Block Grant.

For more information, contact Marketing Communications Associate Director Donna Rae Sutherland at (585) 343­-0055, ext. 6616, or via e-mail: dsutherland@genesee.edu

The Housing Council at PathStone is operating rental property workshops! Providing landlords the essentials to succeed in the business of operating residential rental property.

The workshops will be held Saturday June 20 • 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers, 1 Batavia City Centre, Batavia.

Special Guests: Thomas Williams, Esq. • Neighborhood Legal Services, The Housing Council at PathStone. 

Fee: $45 -- Pre-registration is required.

For more information or to pre-register over the phone with a credit or debit card, please call 546-3700. Register online at www.RocLandlord.com.

Please make checks payable to: The Housing Council at PathStone.

The Housing Council at PathStone - www.RocLandlord.com -- The Landlord Resource Center. A nonprofit, HUD-approved housing counseling agency. The Housing Council at PathStone provides ongoing landlord business workshops in the City of Rochester and in Monroe County. The landlord business workshop is designed for small landlords, property managers, and individuals thinking about entering the rental property business. Invest in improving your business skills today and get the confidence you need to succeed in owning or managing rental property. Topics include: fair housing laws, screening and selection of tenants, leases & security deposit, overview of eviction process.

Sponsored by the City of Batavia.

• April 22 -- Do I have what it takes to own a small business?

• April 29 -- Can I earn a living through my passion? Maybe I should buy a business?
• 
May 6 -- Why didn’t I think of THAT business?
• 
May 13 -- The Sniff Test, assessing your business idea!

• May 27 -
- Trials, tribulations & skills of a successful business leader
• June 3 -
-  Marketing strategies to increase sales

• June 10 -
- Using financial information to guide my business
• June 17 --  Learning to “manage” a business
• June 24 -- Business plan presentation and networking 

• April 22 -- Do I have what it takes to own a small business?

• April 29 -- Can I earn a living through my passion? Maybe I should buy a business?
• 
May 6 -- Why didn’t I think of THAT business?
• 
May 13 -- The Sniff Test, assessing your business idea!

• May 27 -
- Trials, tribulations & skills of a successful business leader
• June 3 -
-  Marketing strategies to increase sales

• June 10 -
- Using financial information to guide my business
• June 17 --  Learning to “manage” a business
• June 24 -- Business plan presentation and networking 

A motorcyclist is reportedly down and unconscious, but breathing, in the roadway at East Main and Clinton streets -- by the Rite-Aid. Police and Mercy medics are responding along with city fire. Traffic control will be needed.

A near head-on collision Wednesday night in Batavia resulted in both drivers being transported to UMMC for treatment.

According to Batavia Police Lt. Eugene Jankowski, a 1994 Dodge driven by 17-year-old Mariah Gaudy, of Batavia, was westbound on East Main Street at about 8:34 p.m. Gaudy apparently attempted a left-hand turn onto Harvester Avenue, but turned into the path of an eastbound 2006 Chevrolet, driven by 30-year-old Katrina Flint, of Le Roy.

The two vehicles collided. Gaudy suffered an arm injury and was taken to UMMC by a friend. Flint had a complaint of pain and was transported by ambulance to UMMC.

Flint's three children were with her in the car. A 9-year-old girl complained of a minor back injury but was not taken for treatment. Two boys, ages 7 and 11, were not injured.

Gaudy was charged for failing to yield the right-of-way.

A controlled trash burn reported earlier this evening may have gotten out of control, according to a caller to dispatch. The location is in the area of 12 Trumbull Parkway in the City of Batavia.

City firefighters are responding.

Apparently, there was nothing of consequence found at the site of the reported controlled burn. City firefighters are back in service.

City of Batavia Fire Department has responded to a commercial fire alarm at the p.w. minor company at 1 Treadeasy Ave. A firefighter on scene reports nothing showing, no smell of fire.

The alarm company has been contacted and is working to reset the alarm.

The Town of Batavia and the City of Batavia are still looking for candidates to be appointed to the Consolidated Charter Task Force.

The deadline to apply is this Friday, Dec. 10.

It will be responsible for preparing a revised City Charter to continue the joint effort by the town and city to investigate the possibility of consolidating the town and city into one Batavia.

The Consolidated Charter Task Force, with the assistance of a facilitator, will be expected to draft a Consolidated City Charter, to be reviewed by the public, town board and city council.

The selection process for the Consolidated Charter Task Force shall consist of interviews conducted by an Interview Committee consisting of three town board members and three city council members. Upon the Interview Committee's recommendations, the town board and city council will jointly appoint the Consolidated Charter Task Force.

It will consist of four town residents and four city residents. All task force members must be at least 18 years old.

Individuals in the following categories shall not be considered for inclusion on the task force: all members of the town board and the city council; all members of the planning boards and the zoning boards of appeals for both the town and the city; all employees of the town and the city and the spouses of any individual in the above categories.

Applications for the Consolidated Charter Task Force are available at the Town Clerk's Office, 3833 W. Main St. Road, in the Town of Batavia, and at the City Clerk's Office, One Batavia City Centre, in the City of Batavia.

Applications can also be downloaded from the town website: www.townofbatavia.com or the city website: www.batavianewyork.com.

Applications must be returned to the Town Clerk's Office or the City Clerk's Office. The deadline is Friday, Dec. 10.