Apr 24, 2011 2 min read

Lemont Furnace

Fitness center opens boot camp

?No Excuse Fitness LLC at 20 Nickman’s Plaza, Lemont Furnace, is offering a new Outdoor Fitness Boot Camp for women only. The program will open May 2 and is available to participants at any exercise level.

There will be two classes with 25 slots in each. This is a four-week program that will be held for 60 minutes Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10?a.m. or 5?p.m.

For more information, call 724-880-0050 or go online to www.noexcuseonline.com.

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College hosts business programs

St. Vincent College Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is offering the seminar, “The First Step to Small Business Success,” from 6 to 8?p.m. Tuesday at the college.

The First Step is an informal workshop that covers topics such as what is needed to get started, how to obtain financing, licenses and applications that are needed and the importance and function of a business plan, marketing plan and financial plan.

An SBDC consultant will present this program and will answer questions about initiating a successful business. There is a fee for the seminar and registration is required. Each attendee will receive program materials, a $10 gift certificate toward the cost of another St. Vincent College SBDC seminar and an optional free one-year subscription to Inc. Magazine.

The SBDC also will host a seminar, Promote Your Business Through Social Networking — Using Social Media to Market Your Business, from 9?a.m. to noon May 12 at the college.

Participants will learn to use social media programs to market their businesses and capitalize on this new surge of marketing techniques, giving their businesses a new visibility. This program covers Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In and others.

There is a fee to attend and a coffee/tea set up and light refreshments are included as well as an optional one-year subscription (12 issues) to Inc. magazine.

Joe Polk with PennTAP (Pennsylvania Technology Assistance Program) will present the program.

The St. Vincent College SBDC is part of a statewide system of university-based economic development organizations, whose mission is to provide education and consulting to entrepreneurs, to help them start and grow their businesses in the competitive global economy.

Early registration is recommended, as space is limited. To register or to obtain additional information, call the SBDC at 724-537-4572.