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Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation grant provides COVID relief

A grant from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to support small business relief and recovery from COVID-19 is paying

for the Small Business Development Center at Jamestown Community College to focus on providing website development

and e-commerce training to small businesses.

The COVID19 pandemic has accelerated changes happening to traditional business models. With on-site store closings, business must have e-commerce components in their business plan in order to survive. Although many businesses in the region have an online presence via social media platforms, only a few have websites and even

fewer have an e-commerce presence. Small Business Development Center business advisors can provide help creating websites and offer training on implementing e-commerce platforms to a website.

Business owners who want learn about e-commerce can go to the SBDC Online Business Academy to take a free course on using Shopify, Etsy, and WooCommerce at smallbusinessacademy.thinkific.com. For help creating a website and/or implementing e-commerce platforms, individuals can contact the SBDC at 338-1024 for free and confidential one on one guidance

Starting at $3.50/week.

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