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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24, 1099 Community business? Tips on starting a home-base- d Business and Clothing! Textile Specialist businesses are It also includes a marketingplan becoming increasingly more and a business definition that popular as people turn their serve as a guide for promoting skills, hobbies, and ideas into and marketing your product or profitable ventures. Consider service. The business plan can these issues if you are thinking help you discover where probabout setting up a business in lems may occur. Identify the market. You your home. Consider impact on family may have a great idea for a busiand home. Having both family ness, but do people need or want and work responsibilities under your product or service? Identhe same roof may not be as easy tify the customers who will comas it seems. Family support is prise your target market. One busiadvantage of a home-base- d ness is that it can meet the needs of small niche markets. Once you have identified your target market, determine if you can access the market and if it is large enough to support your business. Identify competitors. De termine who your competitors are and how to successfully deal with them. Determine why customers would buy from you rather than the competition. This can influence how you promote and market your product or service. If you cannot identify any competition, determine if there is really a market for busivital to any home-base- d ness. Family members may be asked to accept more responsibilities or may resent losing, space that the business occupies. Determine if there is enough space in your home for production, inventory, supplies, Clarification of landfill charges Eesidents of Western Kane County who pay a monthly solid waste fee to the community where they live or an annual fee for the Cedar Mountain areamay take their resi- your idea. WKCSSD landfill without pay- : fiedasccmmercMgarbags and ' is ch&rpcj at ccmmettiai rAtca pr ncn-cumpact- cu ed bieyard,itarge trailer cr laall fcrudi h a i m yard load and will costal 0.00. A zh wheel bobtail truck is four yards and will hs $20-0and aten wheel truck is eight yards and willfce charged $40.00 etc. Vehicles with plates will be charged commercial rates unless they can prove they are residing in the Dis0 out-of-sta- te trict and are paying the firs, Lsrvi volume customers who 80 or contacting Jerrol The Sendee District will now accent cprliences containing mn fir a fee of $3 .00 each, :This pzj i fir the freon extraction before dfiperi. There is a fx fir tire dlrpeeal of$1,00 for each err i ire and 80,00 fir each di' , mh r 4 i ? professionals. At H&R Block, Thats how d, 13-year-- re-4al- ' its our job to stay ly flight, Anne said when she got back to Best Friends. I had him under my seat in one of those d carriers with mesh No one else on the openings. plane knew he was there although they might have wondered what I was doing, talking to my bag from time to time. Dr. Debbie and her husband were at the Baltimore airport to greet Anne and give Picasso a big welcome hug and kiss. She called us later to say that Picasso was doing just fine: Hes a won-- , derful little guy, she said. We love him to death. Hes just adorable. Hes just super, super loving and we really enjoy him. Meanwhile, the adoption of soft-side- Picasso hasnt depleted Best Friends colony of artists. Among the adoptables at the sanctuary is Matisse, a black and white beauty who has a neurological problem. While he has some difficulty in walking in a straight line, hes still first in line to be a picture of love for any connoisseur of feline art. six-month-o- ld, on the te lat- we help get you everything you have coming. 178 South 100 East Kanab.UT 84741 435-644-20- 71 )pn. V N one-wa- est changes. In fact, no one else has more experience preparing taxes. ms-dr.- ys f nt ld Why suffer trying to figure out the tax code changes? Leave it to the truck tire, : Yfinfir iunCM bxx et the L: dilll aro I A cum, to 5:50 f rs en Tuccdy, Zl & Seturer; 5, 'it :Td-fi- y I; c ; : C tur- , non-reside- Friends, is from Baltimore herself, and has not been home to visit relatives, including her grandmother, in four ticket from years. Her round-tri- p St. George to Baltimore was y fare for the $500, the jetsetting kitty was $50, and we waived the usual adoption fee. Picasso was very good on the 824 changes to the tax code. That root canal is looking pretty good about now. wish to be billed for landfill ite fees must make prior arrangements by calling 644-50- t is subject to many of the same laws and regulations as other businesses. Check zoning regulations in your local area. If your business operates in violation of By Michael Mountain Dr. Debbie Matthews paid them, you could be fined or closed. In general, home-base- d $550 for her Picasso. The Marybusiness zoningregulations will land psychologist said she conaddress signage, traffic and sidered the transaction quite a parking problems, fire, safety, deal, even though her Picasso and health codes, the integrity came without a frame and is, in of the neighborhood, fact, an elderly cat with clipped employees, and the charac- ears. ter of the home. Debbie spotted a photograph Check home insurance cov- of Picasso in Best Friends Magaerage. Many home insurance zine where he was listed among policies do not cover a home busi- our Special-- eeds Adoptions of ness. Consult your insurance the Month. These are pets with agent to determine whether or a health or behavior problem not your business is covered or if who need extra special care. In you need additional coverage. Picassos case, this yellow-eyeConsider personal strengths white cat lost the and weaknesses. Do you have tips of his ears to skin cancer the talent and expertise needed and his teeth to bad care before to operate the business? Fre- he ever came to the sanctuary business many years ago. quently, home-base- d owners have the technical skills Debbie called Best Friends to produce the product or pro- from her home in St. Leonard, vide the service, but lack experi-- " Maryland, and said that she ence with business management ' wanted to adopt Picasso ' skills. Another family member and, preferably, as soon as posmay have expertise in an area sible. When we explained about where you lack skill or you might the special care he would need, consider hiring outside exper- she said simply, He sounds tise to complement your skills. wonderful! It is important for home-base- d Debbie was planning a trip business owners to act and ap- out to Best Friends and the napear professional. Consider how tional parks later this year but, your customers will view your rather than wait till then to pick appearance and the appearance up Picasso, she asked if one of of your home work space. the staff might bring him out to Network with other home-base- d Maryland by air, all expenses business owners or mem- paid. This sounded just perfect bers of business associations. to staff member Anne Kirkwood, Make a people resource list and who looks after Picasso at Best use it when you need help or advice. With planning, enthusiasm, good judgement, and honest advice your business can grow and be successful. Best Friends member wins Picasso Consider financial issues. Your business plan should help determine if there will be enough cash flow to operate and expand the business. If your money is tied up in accounts receivables, equipment or inventory, you will not be able to meet your monthly bills. Experts say that start-u- p businesses normally do not make a profit for the first eight to ten months. Determine if the business income will adequately meet your needs. . . Consider business "strucbusiture. Most home-base- d are nesses organized as a sole proprietorship. A business may also be organized as a partnership, corporation, S Corporation, eh cf$5.GQ ' IMesMls Comply with laws and regubusiness lations. A home-base- d . dential garbage - to either wy attorney. Home-base- d ing an additional fee at the ' . gate, Residential garbage including limbs, grass and garden material will usually fit in a pickup truck or small single-nfrsilAnything over a truck size Icadis bsri pickup tilcix youa. limited partnership, or limited office, records, etc. Develop a business plan. A liability company. If you need written business plan includes advice on which structure is best projected income and expenses. for your business, consult an By Karen Biers, USU Extension Entrepreneurship Home-base- d 0 t 2SH0K3HS J A Special-Need- s a new home. Adoption took place when Fhcasso, pictured above, found . , , |