WILLIMANTIC — Local entrepreneurs can help shape a free business-plan workshop being developed by Eastern Connecticut State University’s Small Business Resource Center. The center is asking business owners about their interest and availability before settling the arrangements.
An October 27 announcement published by the Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce invites both people preparing a first business plan and owners revising an existing one. The proposed session is intended to help participants organize their goals, customers, strategies and financial expectations into a usable plan.
Eastern’s current center webpage lists the workshop under November 2026 programming and describes a focus on developing a clear, organized business plan. A final session date, location and survey deadline were not established in the original announcement or university page reviewed for this report.
Patch reported October 30 that the interest survey offered November 16 or November 18, from 6 to 8 p.m., as possible times. Those are proposed options rather than a confirmed event schedule; this report does not establish that either option has been selected.
Business owners can find the interest survey through the chamber announcement linked below. Eastern also offers separate English and Spanish business-intake forms on its center webpage for people seeking connections with students, workshops, networking or other support.
The university says the center was established with Liberty Bank and the Town of Windham to provide free assistance to aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs in Greater Willimantic. Its broader services include business-plan help, consulting, mentorship and community connections. Questions about this workshop can be directed to the center at sbrc@easternct.edu.
The accompanying photograph is an archive group image from the center’s university webpage, not a photograph of the proposed November workshop. This article was prepared with AI assistance from the linked original sources and attributed reporting.