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T HE VOI CE - January 26, 1969- Page 2 Black Business Workshop, February 20 Atlanta's Community Relations Commission announced today plans for it's "Workshop on Black Business Opportunities" to be held February 20 in the new building of Atlanta University's School of Business. The workshop will be cosponsored by the Atlanta Business League, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta University School of Business, the National Alliance of Businessmen, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Small BusinessAdministration and the Urban League. '~he primary goal of the workshop is to involve Atlanta Negroes who are interested in becoming ownermanagers of businesses in Atlanta. We hope that this combined community effort will offer a quantum jump to Atlanta black business entrepreneurs and strengthen on going efforts of the Atlanta Business League's Project Outreach, the Small Business Administration, and Atlanta University's Business Economic Development and Business Service Center stated CRC'S executive director Nat Welch. The planning committee has identified nine likely break-thru areas for black busine ss opportunities •. fast food franchises , auto deale r ships , service station, building c ontracting, ice c r eam outlets, fr anchised dry cle aning stores, coin operated l aundries, drug stores, and specialty auto stores selling such items as tires and mufflers. If you are interested in becoming an owner/ manager of any type of business and want to participate in this workshop, tall Benny T. Smith, field representative, Community Relations Commission, Room 1203, City Hall, ·phone .number 522-4463 e xtension 433, who is in charge of community participation for this important affair. "The workshop will have a heavy emphasis on franchised operations because these are geared to family involvement. Good franchises offerprovenmanagement assistance and formulas for suc cessful operation, stated Nat Welch, Some three dozen national franchise operations are being invited to have top management representation. The afternoon session will feature "Fifty Great Business Opportunities and will provide a two and a half hour period for the franchisor and the franchisee to have individual discussions with the hopes that new businesses will be bir thed as a result of this workshop, e xpla ined CRC ' s e xecutive di rector. The morning se ssion will have a panel disc ussion on "Do.' s and Don ' ts in Launching New Bus iness Ventures " by five seccessful Atlanta black entrepreneurs and individual panel discussions in the nine areas of business break-thrus being emphasized at the workshop. The afternoon session will have two additional panels. One will be · on "On Going Programs ofTechnicalAid" in which presentations will be made by the Small Business Administration, Project Outreach, and Atlanta University's Business Economic Development and Business Service Center. The other will be a banker round table with Atlanta bankers discussing opportunities envisioned, how bankers can help and what bankers look for in a loan applicant. . , The banquet session, to be held at Paschal's Motor Hotel, will climax with an address by a nationallyknown black business leader. The planning committee for the workshop includes: Frank O'Neal of the Atlanta Business League; Dean Harding Young oftheAtlanta University School of Business; Lyndon Wade of the Atlanta Urban League; Curtise Driskell of the Atlanta Chamber of commerce; Henry Reid of NAB, Lonnie King of the NAACP; John P . Latimer of SBA and Nat Welch and Chuck Williams of CRC. THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTIO N, Thursday, J a n. 23, 1969 CRC Plans Worl{shop For Blacl{s T h e Commu nity Relations Commiss ion announced plans Wedn esday fo r its bl ack entrepreneurship works hop to be held Feb. 20 at Atl anta Un iversity's School of Busi ness . The Works hop on Black Business Oppo rtun it ies will be cospons·ored by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce . the local chapter of the Nationa l Assoc iation for the Advancement of Colored People, the Atlanta Business League, the Atlanta University School of Business, the Urban League and the Small Business Administra tion. BASIC GOAL "The primary goal of the workshop is to invol ve Atlanta Negroes who are interested in beco ming owner-managers of businesses in Atlanta " sai d CRC executive direct~r Nat Welch. The workshop will feature nine " like ly brea kthro ugh areas fo r bla ck business opportunities "-fast-food fran chises , auto dea-l erships, ser vice stations, building contracting. ice cream outl ets, franc hised dry clea ning sto res , co in-operated laundries, drug stores and specially auto stores. THREE DOZEN OPERATIONS About three dozen national franc hise operations a re bei ng invited to have to p management represe ntat ion. The a rternoo n session will feature "Fifty Great Businf'ss Opportunities ," Welch said. 'i'ec hnica l aid programs and a ro 1ncl-tab le discussion by Atl anta bank ers al so will occur in th e aru, rnoo n. Th e morn ing sf'ss ion will ha ve a p:rnel di sc uss ion on ··Do ·s and Don"t' s in Launchi ng New Business Ventures ·' by five successful Atla nta bl ack entre preneurs plus ind ividual pan el disc uss ions in the nin e breakt hrough areas A dinner sess ion at Paschal 's Motor Hotel will end the workshop with a speech by a yet -tobe-announced nat10n all y-kn ,)w_n blac k business lea der . In add 1tion five black entrepre neur, for 1967 will be given spec: :,11 recognition by the CRC. 1 1 �