Housing Authority Program Teaches Kids The Ins And Outs Of Small Business
Bowling Green:
Inside the Angora Court Learning Center, students’ slogans line the walls. And while the wording varied widely, the theme was the same: Cookies.
‘I didn’t think they’d get into as much as they did,’ said Ashley Miller, a senior management major at Western Kentucky University.
The 21-year-old Louisville native was 1 of the volunteers on hand last week to help during the week-long training camp, at which 6th- through 12th-graders and one college student learned the basic skills of entrepreneurship.
Between classroom time and field trips to Uzeze’s Wheels and Tires and Omni Custom Meats, Inc. – 2 minority-owned businesses – the students got a taste of what it takes to start and sustain their own business.
‘We briefly covered what owning a business entails,’ said Rick Horn, director of Western Kentucky University’s Small Business Development Center. ‘We’re trying to instill some background on what it’s like to start a business, and some of the problems. So we’re not just showing them the easy side, because it can be hard.’
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