Quick-Start Shoreline on Tuesday, May 21

The Tuesday Quick-Start Shoreline Business Workshop for start-up, existing or potential business owners will be held on Tuesday, May 21st from 12 noon to 1:30pm at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Avenue N.

Quick-Start Shoreline is presented by Shoreline Community College Small Business Accelerator and the City of Shoreline. The sessions are free and open to the public; feel free to bring a brown bag lunch or a snack.

    Are you a business owner looking for new ways to engage new customers?

    Are you an artist wanting to learn how to turn what you love doing into something that pays the bills?

On January 28, the Shoreline Council launched a pilot Business Mini-Grant program to help you do just that! The program will award up to $10,000 in matching funds for businesses to collaborate with local artists.

The program is designed to contribute to the Office of Economic Development's place-making initiative. Place-making is the thing that "turns a City from a place you can't wait to get through to a place you never want to leave." Artists have the unique ability to identify the thing that makes a place special, and they often possess the tools to highlight it. By tapping into this ability, Shoreline businesses will gain a competitive edge and Shoreline artists will hone their skills and gain new clients.

Both artists and business owners interested in grant funding are highly encouraged to participate in the Connect Designated Quick-Start workshops. 

These workshops will cover such topics as tips on how to turn your hobby into a business, successfully applying for grant funding, how to leverage grand openings and other events to help you gain a competitive edge, and information on how to navigate the contracts and permits you need to make it all happen.

Today's Connect designated QuickStart Shoreline:

Putting it all together 

with Contracts, Insurance, and Permits

Come to QuickStart Shoreline this Tuesday at City Hall to learn about and discuss the top issues you need to be aware of when performing or when hiring a performer or visual artist for your business.

We will explore common questions including the following: 

• Who owns my painting when I hang it in a business?
• How can a business owner and artist work together in a mutually beneficial way?
• What should I have, as a musician/artist, in my contract?
• As an artist: What questions should you be asking the business owner?
• As a business owner: What should you be asking the artist/musician? 

Keith McClelland

Keith McClelland is a Shoreline attorney with nearly 40 years of experience in business issues and commercial litigation. He is also a band leader, performer, and arranger for large and small jazz ensembles. He is past president of the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council and serves on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra.