The City of Roanoke and the Virginia Department of Business Assistance will host an ENTREPRENEUR WORKSHOP on April 4th.  Check out the press release below, business owners, budding entrepreneurs and interested parties are encouraged to attend …

ROANOKE – Business owners and potential entrepreneurs from the Roanoke Valley and surrounding areas are invited to attend Entrepreneur Express:

Moving Your Business Forward Workshop and Expo, a workshop designed to provide information on available business resources and deliver practical, hands-on training covering key elements of business practice.  The event, hosted by the City of Roanoke and the Virginia Department of Business Assistance, is sponsored by WACHOVIA and LECLAIR RYAN will be held on April 4, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Roanoke Civic Center’s Exhibit Hall.  Admission is free. Registration is required by March 29, 2007.

Roanoke native, author, and serial entrepreneur Cameron Johnson will be the luncheon speaker.  Johnson, 22, has started 12 businesses and is the best-selling author of “You Call the Shots.” For more information on Johnson, visit his website.

Several state and local organizations are partnering to offer this event as part of a series of workshops supporting entrepreneurial efforts in Southwest Virginia. For more information or to register, visit http://www.rvarc.org/entfair/entexpress/roanokeexpressregister.htm or email Stuart Mease at stuart.mease@roanokeva.gov.