By building the foundation of entrepreneurship in high school students, the community may encourage future business starts. Similarly, community education programs can include courses on starting a business for adults. Communities should formulate active and ongoing marketing efforts to help the owner market outside the local community and to bring people from outside the community into the area to spend money. All sales contribute to economic growth by increasing the turnover of dollars in a community, but sales that occur outside the local market bring new dollars into the community. Outside dollars may be attracted to entertainment, craft fairs, social gatherings, and such.
People attending such events spend money.
In developing these marketing efforts, the community needs to recognize and include the home-based business owner. Local purchasing policies. With recent efforts at contracting out government services, officials could look to local businesses to be potential contractors. Local officials should work closely with local banks to encourage investment in home-based businesses. Also, officials can explore the development of local capital pools.