The Dallas Morning News:
Ashley Roberts had the name set: Bridal Brilliance by Ashley. She’d filed her registration and ordered the business cards. She’d even found a way to advertise “Wedding Planner” on her car door.
All she needed was to learn how to become one.
Roberts attends a twice-weekly wedding planning class at Collin College. She’s the kind of person community colleges are targeting in their continuing education programs these days — the sudden entrepreneur who has traded the uncertainty of joblessness for the risks of self-employment.
Community colleges across the country have beefed up their offerings this year as laid-off workers search for training and tips on start-up success. But entrepreneurial and career-specific classes like the one Roberts attends are particularly popular in North Texas, where small businesses remain a financially feasible option because the recession has been milder here than in most areas.
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