Lincoln County, Oregon

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Lincoln County, Oregon Youth Entrepreneurship
Program

• Desired Outcomes
• 1. Students learn about starting businesses and
  write their own business plan
• 2. Create School Based Enterprises for real
  business experiences
• 2005 Kayak Rentals and Guided Tours
• 2006 Bicycle Rentals

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History of Lincoln County Youth Entrepreneurship

• Spring 2005 First Entrepreneurship class at
  Waldport High School
• Curriculum
• National Foundation for Teaching
  Entrepreneurship (NFTE)
• Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning
  (REAL)
• Open to all grade levels. Preference given to
• junior and senior students
• students from low income households
• Results
• Entrepreneurship instruction
• Students wrote a business plan or
• worked on the school based enterprise,
• the Kayak Shack

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History of Lincoln County Youth Entrepreneurship

• Summer 2005 Waldport Outdoor Adventures/WHS
  Kayak Shack Opens
• Offers
• Kayak rentals
• Guided tours
• Open June through August, times based upon tides
• Liability insurance through school district
• Start up costs covered by grants
• Administered by volunteers, AmeriCorpsVISTA,
  Rural Community School
• Results
• 12,000 profit
• 6 student summer jobs
• Positive customer evaluations
• Community support

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History of Lincoln County Youth Entrepreneurship

• Fall 2005 Second entrepreneurship class at WHS
• New instructor. Position funded by WHS
• Full year class
• Class still in progress
• Lessons Learned
• Class works best if allow for one full year to
  instruct and write plans
• Students need to write plan while receiving
  instruction to make connections between material
  and their business
• Full time instructor is important
• When creating a school based enterprise
• Create partnerships
• Identify supervisor for the project

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Partners for WHS Kayak Shack

• Operated by Waldport High School Young
  Entrepreneurs Striving to Strengthen the Economy
  of South Lincoln County
• Oregon Coast Community College Small Business
  Development Center
• Lincoln County School District
• Waldport Rural Community School Partnership
• AmeriCorps and AmeriCorpsVISTA
• Port of Alsea
• Trust Management Services
• Ford Family Foundation
• City of Waldport
• Waldport Chamber
• Local businesses and individuals
• Friends of the Kayak Shack

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Future Plans

• Strengthen existing program
• Create second SBE
• Possible expansion of program
• Younger students
• Other areas in Lincoln County

Connection to Entrepreneurship Development
System

• Our program is very new, so we are working on
  this aspect.
• Prospect for loans to students through revolving
  fund set up by local banks
• Culture
• participants beginning to promote
  entrepreneurship to other students
• Waldport community support for young entrepreneurs