Fuller Economic Development Center
Welcome to the Longview Public Library Fuller Economic Development Center (FEDC) where we support employment education and small business success. The FEDC is located on the main floor of the Library, the alcove
beside the main door staircase where we have a variety of resources including:
Education and Employment
- Students: testing guides, scholarship guides, and navigating college life.
- Jobseekers: resumes, cover letters, interviews, career decisions, etc.
- Workers: workplace issues, flexible work, remote work, the gig economy, and other issues in the rapidly evolving world of work.
Small Business
- Legal guides for small businesses.
- Books about entrepreneurship, bookkeeping, business planning, and other small business topics.
- Periodical resources including:
- Barrons
- Business Week
- Entrepreneur
- Fast Company
- Forbes
- Fortune
- Harvard Business Review
- Home Business
- Portland Business Journal
- Seattle Business
- Wall Street Journal
We hope to continue our outreach to small business owners with the resources and materials that we have to help you succeed. If you are a Longview business owner or property owner, but aren't a resident of Longview or
the Cowlitz County Partial-County Rural Library District, you can get a Longview Library card at no additional cost.
- Property owners will need to show proof that they own property in Longview, a piece of current ID, and fill out a short application to get a card issued in their name.
Business owners will need to show their current Longview business license, a piece of current ID, and fill out a short application to get a card issued in the name of the business.
Online Resources
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Data Axle Reference Solutions: formerly Reference USA, an online directory of over 14 million U.S. businesses that can be sorted by geography, size, and type of business just to name a few
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Gale Business: Entrepreneurship: Learn how to start, finance, or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles, and more.
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Gale Small Business Builder: Create your business plan with step-by-step help from Gale.
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LinkedIn Learning: offers over 16,000 courses to help you learn business, creative, and technology skills to achieve your personal and professional goals.
Periodicals
- Barrons
- Business Week
- Entrepreneur
- Fast Company
- Forbes
- Fortune
- Harvard Business Review
- Home Business
- Portland Business Journal
- Seattle Business
- Wall Street Journal
Other Small Business Resources
City of Longview Business License Information
Finance Department, City Hall, 1525 Broadway Ave., Longview, WA 98632
360.442.5040
State of Washington Licensing Department
State of Washington Business Licensing Service, PO Box 9034,
Olympia, WA 98507-9034
800.451.7985
BLS@dor.wa.gov
http://bls.dor.wa.gov
Washington Small Business Development Center, Longview
1600 Maple St., Don Talley Bldg. Room 103A, Longview, WA 98632
360.442.2946
jerry.petrick@wsbdc.org
SCORE Vancouver
1933 Fort Vancouver Way #TBG232, Vancouver, WA 98663
360.699.1079
http://www.scorevancouver.org
Small Business Administration
Portland District Office, 601 SW 2nd Ave., Suite 950, Portland, OR 97204
503.326.2682
pdxhelp@sba.gov
http://www.sba.gov/OR
Small Business COVID-19 Recovery Resources
This is a list of organizations offering help and information for small businesses and their workers who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We will add
useful links as we learn of them.
Local Resources
Washington State Resources
National Resources
- Back to Work Safely: This site, sponsored by AIHA (American Industrial Hygiene Association) features expert, industry-specific
guidance for both businesses and consumers to safely re-open and re-engage as they emerge from the
COVID-19 quarantines.
- Restaurant Employee Relief Fund: This fund is being created to help restaurant industry employees experiencing hardship in
the wake of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
- SCORE Small Business Resilience Hub: SCORE offers remote mentoring and online
workshops on coronavirus concerns for small business owners, as well as curated list of other resources.
owners and online workshops on coronavirus concerns for small businesses
- Small Business Administration: Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources:
General guidelines and financial resources for business from the Small Business Administration.
Questions about our Small Business Resource Center? Call 360.442.5300 or submit your question
here.