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Contact:
Jennifer Sharpe
Assistant Director, Lower Hudson Valley SBDC
sbdc@stac.edu
845-398-4108
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lower Hudson Valley SBDC launches free event series with product creation workshop Oct. 10
SPARKILL, New York, Oct. 1, 2025 – A free workshop on product creation will be held on Friday, Oct. 10, from 9:30-11:30 a.m. as part of an event series presented by the Lower Hudson Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and hosted by St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC).
Attendees can participate in-person or virtually via Zoom (live or on-demand). Pre-registration is required online (lowerhvsbdc.org/small-business-workshop-series).
The in-person event on Oct. 10 will be held in the Lougheed Library, located on the main floor of Spellman Hall, on the STAC campus (125 Route 340, Sparkill, New York 10976). Refreshments and light breakfast will be served.
The featured speaker is Jack Schwartz, of Jack Schwartz & Associates PLLC, an electrical engineer and patent lawyer whose practice is concentrated in all phases of U.S. and foreign intellectual property law. Topics to be covered include concept to prototype, patent searches, applications, trademarks, licensing, copyrights and more. Using 3D printers, an actual product will be created during the session.
Future workshops in the event series include:
- Friday, Oct. 24; How To Open a Child Care Business
- Friday, Nov. 14; Doing Business with Mobile Apps
- Friday, Dec. 12; The Athletic Mindset in Business
The free event series is supported by a portability grant from the Small Business Administration (SBA).
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About the Lower Hudson Valley SBDC
The Lower Hudson Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC), serving Rockland, Westchester and Putnam counties, provides no-cost, confidential one-on-one business advising, training and research to small business owners and entrepreneurs. Hosted at St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC), the Lower Hudson Valley SBDC is one of 20 regional small business centers in the New York Small Business Development Center (NYSBDC) system. The NYSBDC is a joint federal and state economic development organization, primarily funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration and administered by the State University of New York (SUNY), operating regional small business centers in all of New York’s ten economic development regions. Connect with us at lowerhvsbdc.org.
About St. Thomas Aquinas College
St. Thomas Aquinas College is an independent liberal arts college located on 76 acres in Rockland County, NY, providing education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The College’s diverse student body of approximately 2,000 full and part-time students can choose from over 100 majors, minors, and specializations across four Schools: Arts & Social Sciences, Business, Education, and STEM. The College is recognized by U.S. News & World Report in the Top-Tier for Regional Universities, and by Colleges of Distinction in its New York edition for Business, Education, and Career Development. The College is also recognized as a Yellow Ribbon Program institution. St. Thomas Aquinas College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools; its School of Education is accredited by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP), and its School of Business is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE). For more information, visit www.stac.edu.
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