Photos by Sandra Michaud
Youth Entrepreneur Program at Library 062416
Youth Entrepreneur Program at Library 062416
Dave Chandler, Program Co-coordinator for the Youth Business Incubator, talks about the program and introduces the young entrepreneurs.
Youth Entrepreneur Program at Library 062416
Ava Bjornstad, Rainier Frischer, Anatole Beffort, Josephine Khera and Kenya Leahy prepare to talk about how they got started setting up the Minors Menace Root Beer Brewing Company.Youth Entrepreneur Program at Library 062416
Anatole Beffort describes how they decided to focus on root beer.
Youth Entrepreneur Program at Library 062416
Ava Bjornstad talks about learning about root beer and the trials of different ingredients to make the brew.Youth Entrepreneur Program at Library 062416
Kenya Leahy passes around samples of the herbs they are experimenting with.
Youth Entrepreneur Program at Library 062416
Dave Chandler, with Morgan Bighley, Evan Bighley and mother Rachel Bighley look at the different herb samples
Youth Entrepreneur Program at Library 062416
Hannah Wecks takes a sniff, as Asa and Sterling Wecks get ready to smell another sample.Youth Entrepreneur Program at Library 062416
The young entrepreneurs prepared this presentation, outlining the steps they took to organize and name the Minors Menace Root Beer Company, to take with them to the Fermentation Festival in Albuquerque over the weekend.
Youth Entrepreneur Program at Library 062416
They said that they are probably the youngest group to attend.
Participants in the Grant County Youth Business Incubator/Youth Entrepreneurship Program gave a presentation of their project Friday afternoon at the Silver City Public Library. The program is designed to guide youths between the ages of 11 and 18 in the steps needed to start their own businesses.
Some of the current projects include a welding shop at Cliff High School, a Little Farmers Market at the Montessori School and FridayG