SCORE Launches New Mentoring Program to Assist Local Small Businesses at Arlington Heights Library
Free mentoring and small business resources provided by SCORE Chicago (Counselors to America's Small Business) will be offered at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library beginning in January 2018.
Local small business owners and entrepreneurs are encouraged to take advantage of free mentoring resources for improving the life of their business.
Mentoring services will be available at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library by appointment only on the first Thursday of each month starting on January 4 (three, one-hour sessions at 9 a.m.,10 a.m. and 11 a.m. are available) in the library's Business Conference Room 172.
Register and schedule your appointment at https://chicago.score.org/
Through this new partnership, SCORE Chicago's highly experienced and trained business counselors (current and retired business owners and executives) will provide complementary and confidential mentoring sessions for as long as the client needs.
In addition, Score Chicago offers educational seminars and workshops for business entrepreneurs. To view the workshop calendar, visit: https://chicago.score.org/content/take-workshop-191
"We are pleased to announce this important new service which is open to all small business owners and budding entrepreneurs in Arlington Heights and surrounding community," said Diane Malik, Specialty Info Services Advisor at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library.
"In addition, the library will expand its current extensive offering of business related seminars through SCORE Chicago."
"I look forward to guiding new or small business with my experience in business strategy, traditional and digital marketing, and sales," said Karen Spesard, Branch Manager, SCORE Chicago, for the mentoring program at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library.
About SCORE: The national SCORE Association is a not-for-profit organization with 320 plus chapters and 11,000 plus volunteer mentors throughout the United States.
Since 1964, SCORE on a national level has helped more than 10 million aspiring entrepreneurs.
Each year, SCORE's 11,000+ volunteer business experts provide free and low-cost small business mentoring, workshops and education to 350,000+ clients in more than 320 chapters.
In 2016, SCORE volunteers provided 2.2+million hours to help create over 45,000 jobs and 55,000 small businesses. The SCORE Chicago chapter has more than 120 mentors and consultants providing services from 30 locations in Cook, Lake and part of Will County.