Eagar Announces Business Training, Tourism Meeting, Input Survey Next Week

The Town of Eagar is rolling out three targeted opportunities for business owners to sharpen skills, help shape local training, and join a community tourism effort. The last Small Business Development Center course of the season and a Tourism Taskforce meeting are both scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 9. Business owners interested in growth, lead generation, and community collaboration are invited to participate. A business input survey is open now and must be completed by Friday, Dec. 12. For questions, contact Britney Reynolds at 928-333-4128 or visit https://www.eagaraz.gov/live-feed for details.

These events are timely for Apache County businesses that rely on local visitors and seasonal traffic. The SBDC course provides an immediate, low cost opportunity to improve business practices before the winter and next spring visitor periods. The Tourism Taskforce meeting creates a forum for coordination across local lodging, dining, retail and attraction operators, which can increase the efficiency of marketing spend and strengthen lead generation efforts for the whole community.

The business input survey is explicitly designed to shape the cadence and content of future free courses. Input from proprietors will help local officials and training partners target gaps in areas such as marketing, bookkeeping, online booking, or customer acquisition. That alignment reduces wasted training resources and raises the probability that future programs will translate into measurable revenue gains for small firms.

From a policy perspective, these initiatives represent a practical model of municipal economic support. By convening stakeholders and leveraging external training partners the town aims to lower barriers for small business growth without large direct subsidies. Over the longer term, sustained investment in entrepreneur skills and tourism coordination can diversify the local economy, strengthen year round cash flow for service businesses, and increase resilience to seasonal shocks.

Business owners who want to influence the next round of free courses should complete the survey by Friday, Dec. 12 and consider attending the SBDC session and the Tourism Taskforce meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 9. For more information contact Britney Reynolds at 928-333-4128 or visit https://www.eagaraz.gov/live-feed.