From 8:30 a.m.to noon on Thursday, February 25, at the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce headquarters, the Bucks County Office of Community and Business Development will offer a free workshop. Part of an ongoing series entitled “Making Buck$ In and Out of Bucks,” this event will focus on government purchasing and procurement methods to help our business community enter and profit in this marketplace.

Scheduled members of the expert panel will include Maureen Wilson McIlvaine, director of the Bucks County Purchasing Department; Paula Watts, a recognized expert on the procurement and management of federal contracting; and Faye Fitz, government marketing specialist in the Procurement Technical Assistance Program with the Temple University Small Business Development Center.

Pre-registration is requested to attend this workshop; however, there is no charge to attend. To register for the event please contact Sonia Smith, business development administrator with the County of Bucks at 215-345-3839 or via e-mail at srsmith@co.bucks.pa.us. Information about this workshop and subsequent business development events offered by the County of Bucks and its partner organizations are available on the Community & Business Development page of the official county website at www.BucksCounty.org.

The Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce is located in the Bailiwick Campus at 252 W. Swamp Rd., Suite 23 in Doylestown.