For aspiring business owners and people interested in Lehigh Valley commerce, Northampton Community College (NCC) is offering a seminar, “The Fab Lab, the Lehigh Valley and the Entrepreneur,” 6:30-9:30 p.m. Jan. 11, 2017, at the Fab Lab at NCC’s Fowler Family Southside Center, 511 E. Third St., Bethlehem.

The seminar will show the ways an entrepreneur can find support to begin a business in the Lehigh Valley. The course covers conceptual design, prototyping, manufacturing, fulfillment, business planning, financial incentives and investors, and legal and professional options. For those not starting a business, participants can learn how the local economy is growing and thriving. The seminar will be taught by Harvard graduate Henry Ancker and NCC Fab Lab Director Jeffrey Boerner.

The NCC Fab Lab, which began in 2011, offers open access to state-of-the-art technologies, including a full metal and woodshop, 3-D printers, laser cutters, a sound lab, a guitar-making studio, recording studio, cold casting and more.

There is a cost.

For more information, call 610-332-8665.

To register, visit northampton.edu/lifelearn and click on the Fab Lab section.