Expand high school and community education pro-grams. High school business curricula can be expanded to include entrepreneurship. Young people can then develop an understanding of how to create a business and simulated experiences of running a business. 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 busi-ness for adults.
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 poten-tial contractors. Also, officials can explore the development of local capital pools. Summary Home-based businesses contribute to local economic growth.