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January 28, 2005

Lake-Sumter Community College Business Assistance Center to Present "Strategies for Business Development in 2005"

LEESBURG - Two free seminars for businesses, entrepreneurs, employees, supervisors, managers, government officials, and realtors will be held in Leesburg and again in Clermont on Wednesday, February 2. "Strategies for Business Development in 2005" will be presented by Tom Mancuso, recognized throughout the United States and Canada for his dynamic and motivational presentations in nurturing the progress of growing businesses, constructive reuse of buildings, and guiding individuals to get the most out of their unique abilities.

The Leesburg breakfast seminar will be held from 7:30 until 9 am, in the Opera House on South 5th Street. It is being sponsored in partnership with the Lake-Sumter Community College Business Assistance Center (BAC), the City of Leesburg Technology Center and the Leesburg Partnership Economic Restructuring Committee.

The Clermont afternoon presentation will be held at the U.S.A. National Triathlon's Community Education Center at the on the South Lake Hospital Campus (off Citrus Tower Blvd. in Clermont), from 3 until 5 pm. This program is presented by LSCC's BAC, the South Lake Chamber of Commerce, Micki Blackburn Realty and BankFIRST. Light refreshments will be served. For more information about either seminar, call LSCC's Business Assistance Center at 352-365-3579.

The Mancuso Group is internationally known for its invention of the business incubator. The first business incubator in the world, in Batavia, New York, was created in 1959 in a vacant factory to replace the jobs lost by its closing. Today, the Mancuso Group manages over 1.6 million square feet of industrial and office space. Their unique process has served thousands of businesses and created a significant amount of jobs over the past forty-four years. Tom Mancuso, president of the Mancuso Group, said, "We believe that our focus on high quality service with flexible space and amenities is a concept that will be even more successful as economic changes continue in the United States."