The Sierra Economic Development Corporation (SEDCorp) is beginning to harness the potential of having a wide network of training classes for entrepreneurs and small businesses. That is most evident in the extensive training program that SEDCorp is rolling out this February.  SEDCorp is a private, non-profit regional economic development organization formed in 1969.  It has become the premier business training source for northeastern California.

Since February 2009, SEDCorp has conducted six Business Boot Camps in six different counties.  The Boot Camps are designed to help create a strategic business plan that can provide a roadmap in making business dreams come true.     Entrepreneurs, start-ups and small business owners benefit from the intensive three-day course that covers market analysis, marketing strategies, finances, business law, pitfalls of small business and much more.  The Boot Camps’ “enlistees”, explore new opportunities, gain new resources, mingle with peers and maximize their opportunities for success.  With such a high demand and long waiting lists, SEDCorp is seeking additional funding for more Boot Camps.

The Sierra Economic Development Corporation (SEDCorp) celebrated its 40th anniversary last week as a non-profit organization devoted to supporting the economic development of the rural communities north and east of Sacramento.    Celebrated at The Ridge in Auburn, SEDCorp hosted a two-hour celebration featuring Dianne Church, Economic Development Representative, U.S. Department of Commerce E.D.A., Chuck Clendenin, Business & Cooperative Program Director, U.S.D.A. Rural Development and Jim O’Neal, District Director, U.S.

Gold Country Broadband Project - Based on its demonstrated success in promoting the expansion of broadband (high speed) Internet service to its rural service areas, SEDCorp has been contracted by the California Emerging Technology Fund, www.cetfund.org, to lead one of seven regional projects designed to (more)