The Rural Grocery Initiative sees the need to support rural grocers in business transition planning as essential to keeping the benefits of hometown grocery stores in rural communities. The Rural Grocery Transition Specialist program trains and deploys resource professionals across the country to better serve rural grocers through these business transitions. The deadline to register for the spring 2025 offering of this course is rapidly approaching, so learn more and sign up today!
- Who: This course is designed for Extension professionals, economic developers and other resource providers who support rural grocers and rural community vitality across the country.
- Participants will gain: Strategies for building relationships with grocery store owners and managers, understanding of transition planning and business valuation concepts, and tools to support grocery store transitions. In addition, participants will join a national network of professionals dedicated to supporting rural communities.
- Format: This 13-week course contains seven online modules that include homework assessments and interactive discussion boards paired with guided learning through four synchronous 1.5-hour virtual sessions.
- When: The course runs January 27 through April 27, 2025. The deadline to register is January 20, 2025.
Students who successfully complete the course will earn a microcredential through K-State Global Campus.
The course will take place from January 27, 2025 through April 27, 2025. Learn more and register by January 20, 2025 at ruralgrocery.org/specialist. Questions? Email rgi-learn@ksu.edu.
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