Wyoming Library Business Program to Launch in Sweetwater County

ROCK SPRINGS — Wyoming Library to Business—a business-focused, community-driven and completely free resource based in local libraries around the state—has launched one of seven statewide installations in Sweetwater County. 

Wyoming Library to Business partnered with the Wyoming Women’s Business Center (WWBC) thanks to a funding grant from Libraries Build Business, a national initiative of the American Library Association, to bring resources to Sweetwater County’s White Mountain Library, including a webcam-enabled laptop to allow participants to meet virtually with experts across the state, along with a portable projector to screen webinars, online programs, and more. 

“Libraries have always provided resources and research for small businesses and entrepreneurs,” Wyoming State Librarian Jamie Markus said. “This program enhances those services by connecting patrons with business specialists outside of the library. I’m excited to see how these efforts and partnerships will help grow Wyoming small businesses.”

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The classes, webinars, and programs are all free, and anyone can participate in order to learn valuable skills, such as planning, budgeting, marketing, for starting or growing a business. 

“We believe business ownership is about more than jobs, growth, and profits. It’s about freedom, options, and security. It is about celebrating human potential. Entrepreneurship provides the opportunity to dream big and become engaged, local leaders in pursuit of a healthy, thriving economy,” WWBC Executive Director Wendy Fanning said. “The WWBC is incredibly grateful to the Wyoming Library to Business program as it is helping us reach potential entrepreneurs that may lack access to technology.” 

Wyoming Library to Business and the Wyoming Women’s Business Center are hosting a launch event at White Mountain Library on June 16 from 1-2 p.m., which will introduce the library’s new resources for local entrepreneurs. The event will include a 30-minute business education presentation on Developing a Marketing Plan: 5 Simple Steps, presented by WWBC Business Counselor, Christine Langley. This event is open to the public with refreshments.

“We are so excited to offer this new business service to the Sweetwater County community,” White Mountain Library’s Assistant Library Director Michelle Krmpotich said.

To learn more about the program, visit https://library.wyo.gov/business.

View the June 16 launch event listing on Facebook, here.