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A. Insure that all the elements for success are committed including community involvement and approval as appropriate.
B. Follow the business plan where it is practical, modifying it where necessary as events occur, proceed with reasonable caution and common sense management to implement the value-added opportunity.
Links to Other Related Sites
EZ/EC is a Presidential initiative designed to afford communities real opportunities for growth and revitalization. Its mission: to create self-sustaining, long-term economic development in areas of pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general distress, and to demonstrate how distressed communities can achieve self-sufficiency through innovative and comprehensive strategic plans developed and implemented by alliances among private, public, and nonprofit entities. The rural portion of the program is administered through the Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service, part of USDA's Rural Economic and Community Development mission area.
The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and the NAL jointly created a rural health information clearinghouse known as the Rural Information Center Health Services (RICHS). RICHS, situated within RIC, is designed to e a national clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information on rural health issues, research findings related to rural health, and innovative approaches to the delivery of rural health care services.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our Nation. This site contains information on Starting, Financing, and Expanding your business. Information is available on local SBA program offices and resource partners.
Business Briefs is a single subject newsletter that provides information relating to home-based and micro businesses. Information on copyrights, patents, advertising, pricing, and several other topics are covered.
Comprehensive tax information including tax stats, tax information for business, electronic services, taxpayer help and education, tax regulations, and tax forms and publications.
Publications related to advertising and promotion, pricing, training employees, and other management strategies are available from this site.
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