17-year old DeWitt student wins chance to open a small business

DeWitt high school junior Trey Williams' business plan won a local contest, giving him the chance to operate his "Trey's Snack Shack" business at a popular local sledding hill.

According to excerpts from the article:

For the 17-year-old junior at DeWitt High School, the snack shack is a real business venture. And it's up to him to make it work.

"I've always thought about someday owning my own business," said Williams, who won a contest to run a concession in the warming shack at the sled hill for the winter. "And when this (contest) came up, I thought to myself, 'I'd like to win this.'"

Township Manager Rod Taylor came up with the idea as way to fill a need at the sled hill while providing real-life business experience for a young adult.

Taylor pitched the idea to Kelly Williams, a business teacher at DeWitt High, who happens to be Trey's mother.

The exercise was designed to teach a young entrepreneur about things like record-keeping, inventory, pricing and financing.

DeWitt Township is part of a consortium participating in the Creating Entrepreneurial Communities program run by Michigan State University's Land Policy Institute.

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