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Tales from Towne: Calling All Accountants

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Who’s counting? When you walk into a shop in Young AmeriTowne, it will be staffed with a manager, an accountant, and salespeople.  Each shop takes out a bank loan in order to pay their employees and pay for services that other shops provide.  By the end of the day, each shop must pay back this bank loan plus 10 % …

Prepare to Shop ‘Til You Drop

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Racking your brain for unique and creative gifts this holiday season? Support young business owners while getting your holiday shopping done.  Come to the annual Young Entrepreneurs Marketplace! There will be 175+ different businesses owned by youth ages 6-21 selling homemade goodies, original artwork, handcrafted jewelry and much more! Sat. Dec. 6 from 10-2 in Denver (3550 E. First Avenue …

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New Youth Businesses in Boulder

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Young Americans was thrilled to partner with Boulder Prep High School, a Boulder Valley Charter School, to present our Founding Framework entrepreneurship curriculum to a group of their students. It was a week off between blocks for the entire school, but those with a curiosity for entrepreneurship showed up for four long and intense days to go through the process …

On the Road Has Launched!

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It’s official!  Our newest initiative, Young AmeriTowne On the Road, has launched to great success.  You may recall that back in August we showcased our newest mobile, interactive program to our supporters and sponsors.  However, this week was the first time that students had the chance to experience the new setup — and it was a hit! We’ve had five …

Towne Registration Deposit

Use the link below to pay a deposit for Young AmeriTowne, International Towne, or Young AmeriTowne On the Road.  Your school will be officially registered for a program when both the deposit and signed contract have been received by Young Americans. Note: If you are attending Rural AmeriTowne (in Wray, CO), please contact 970-332-3150 to issue payment. Online payments for Rural ...

Tales from Towne: Welcome Back International Towne

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Hola!  Konnichiwa!  Privyet!  Shalom!  As students, carrying ceremonial flames  and flags representing their countries for the day, stand proudly in front of their peers to present greetings in their “native language” during an Olympic themed opening ceremony, I can’t help but wonder who these kids are going to be when they grow up.  As sixth or seventh graders, many of …

Our 2014 CYE Winners

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Two of the winners of our annual youth business competition, the Celebration for Young Entrepreneurs, were selected over the summer.  We asked them each to patiently keep the news quiet so that we could announce them as the winners at our event in September — and make a big deal of things.  Both of the winners did a wonderful job keeping …

Tales from Towne: A Teaching Partnership

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A partnership between Young AmeriTowne and Metro State University of Denver has been developing for several years now. Many students attending MSU Denver to study education are given the opportunity to receive credit hours by taking one day to visit our facility, while fifth grade students are on a field trip to visit our site. Representatives of the Young Americans …