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Business incentives for new downtown businesses

The Economic Vitality Team has offered a brochure of offers from the business community to an new business coming into the downtown.  These are given as part of the recruitment package.  Those receiving them feel welcomed and appreciated. Here are those already involved in the brochure.  Please let the Main Street office know if you […]

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Business workshops for 2020

The Economic Vitality Team will be working with the Small Business Development Center and Iowa Central Community College’s Business Development Dept., to provide educational opportunities for 2020.  Economic Vitality Team co-chairs met with Kimberly Tiefenthaler of the SBDC in our area to discuss possibilities.  Several ideas expressed are Facebook for Business with more advanced options, […]

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Quickbooks class offered in Jefferson

The Small Business Development Center and Iowa Central Community College’s Community & Business Dept. are teaming up to offer this Level 1: Understanding the Basics of Quickbooks in Jefferson on July 23 – 24 at the Greene County Extension Office.  The cost is $139 and includes the book.  Please see the poster below for the […]

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Social Media 101 for Business

Robin Bostrom, Main Street Iowa business specialist, will be the presenter for this overview of social media sources for business. Robin states, “Social media is certainly not the silver bullet but it has become a very important part of the marketing tool kit.  Every community is different and in many cases a local newspaper or […]