If you are business owner and feel ready to take the next step, a group in Monticello hopes you'll consider going through their program, which gives you the opportunity at a $5000 grant to start your business.
Monticello's Boot Camp Program helps provide information and resources to local business owners who are looking to start up their own business. Callie Jo McFarland, Community Development Director for Monticello says they are ready to start up their next round of classes.
McFarland explains the program hopes to give a potential business owner as much knowledge as possible to have a successful business. She says their classes cover all sorts of topics.
There's been a number of success stories through their Boot Camp program. McFarland says their Monarch Brewery that is now a hot spot in the community went through their program last year. She says they try to make it an eye opening experience to prepare their businesses.
Business owners have attend the first class and then not come back and McFarland says they informed her it was because they realized how unprepared they were to start their own venture.
To get more information or get registered for the Boot Camp Program, visit cityofmonticello.net.
