 Hello everyone, I'm Alicia Woodruff and welcome to the Fort Report. If you are thinking about starting a small business or if you are already in business and think you might need a little help, consider visiting the Fort Worth Business Assistance Center. Our main mission and goal would be to create jobs, creating jobs, creating new businesses as well as helping the businesses that are in existence be substantial in sustain themselves. If you work with all levels of businesses, all the way from if you woke up one morning and, oh gee, I have an idea, I think I want to start a business. We take you at that point or if you've started your business already, we work with you or if you're in business 2 to 3 years or 5 to 10 or 20 years, whatever you are in your business cycle, we provide educational training, coaching, counseling, mentoring, one-on-one type relationships. They offer classes for various needs throughout the year. We offer classes for writing business plans. We have a general class for starting your business. We have classes on minority certifications which ones are available and how to do the application process. We also offer Microsoft, QuickBooks, all types of marketing and financing initiatives for your business. If none of the classes match your needs, they offer free one-on-one counseling as well. The building also has a business information center. You have a big assortment of reference materials and binders for every type of business that you're considering going into and we also have computers that are free for use. We consider it your one-stop shop for your business, for either starting, growing or developing your business and it will probably be the best stop that you make in the cycle of your business. The Business Assistance Center is located at the corner of I-35 in Rosdale in the James Gwynn Business Complex. Visit their website to find out about the special events, workshops, free counseling and more. Here's a look at other events happening in and around Fort Worth in the next few weeks. For a listing of more events and city meetings, you can always check the calendar at the city's website.