Learn Winemaking, SCORE Events, Business Assistance Center, SBA Veterans Initiatives, DREAM Job Fair, Google Scholarship

viticulture from Cronkite News on Vimeo.

This is a great program for Veterans who seek an outdoor job helping to grow grapes or make wine, or want to open a small winery themselves - an industry that is growing in the Verde Valley (pardon the pun!)   This clip from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU looks at Yavapai College's "grape to glass" Viticulture and Enology program on the Verde Valley campus: http://vimeo.com/74413279#at=0

Free events for small business owners are listed at: http://northernarizona.score.org/ Services of SCORE include workshops and mentoring for business owners.

In the Verde Valley, the local Business Assistance Center can also help with services to small businesses – see them on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/vvbac  Check your community for a BAC or Small Business Development Center near you.

One of the best repositories of advice and funding information for Veteran small business owners is the Small Business Administration at: http://www.sba.gov/content/veteran-service-disabled-veteran-owned where you can sign up for e-mail newsletters, or like them on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/SBAgov  Here’s more about an initiative to increase access to small business loans: http://www.naggl.org/Content/NavigationMenu/InTheNews/OperationVetAccess/Operation_Vet_Acces.htm

October is Disability & Rehabilitation Employment Awareness Month (D.R.E.A.M.): Employers and individuals seeking jobs are invited to a D.R.E.A.M. Job Fair on October 9, from 9:00-1:00 at Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus (601 Black Hills Dr. in Clarkdale.)  For more information, contact Melissa Kramer at 928-634-1397 or dreamjobfair@gmail.com

From SVA: “Google has partnered with us to provide the 2014 Google SVA Scholarship! If you're a student veteran pursuing a degree in Computer Science or related fields, you could be eligible for $10,000 to fund your education. You'll also be invited to Google's 2014 Summer Annual Scholar's Retreat, as well as automatically considered for summer internship opportunities with this innovative and exciting company.” Check out this link for the application details: http://studentveterans.org/component/content/article/15-scholarships/49-2013-google-sva-scholarship.html