The Greater Barrie Business Enterprise Centre (GBBEC) recently presented a cheque for $1500.00 to the Barrie Public Library to purchase resource material for the business section of the community library. The donation is just one more way that the local Small Business Centre assists in providing information to the growing small business community.
Terri Plaxton Smith, manager and business consultant for the GBBEC presented the cheque to business librarian, Anne Dorsey and Barrie Public Library CEO, Al Davis on March 2, 2009. “I was delighted to be able to make the contribution this year on behalf of the Barrie Enterprise Centre,” said Plaxton Smith. ”The Library is such an integral part of the business community in Barrie!” The GBBEC is funded by the Ministry of Small Business & Consumer Services, and this donation is part of the funding specifically earmarked for community outreach. According to Dorsey, the library will put a bookplate in each donated item identifying it as a donation from the GBBEC. “This is a great way to partner with Barrie Public Library and we appreciate the support,” she said.
The Greater Barrie Business Enterprise Centre is currently one of 46 Small Business Enterprise Centres (SBECs) across the Province whose mandate is to help new businesses get started, existing businesses grow, and assist and encourage youth entrepreneurship. The Barrie Business Centre has been providing free one-on-one consultations, assistance with business plans, marketing and financials, workshops, business startup packages, government literature, forms and publications, access to government programs, computer workstations, and educational business events for over seven years from their downtown location above the bus depot in Barrie. If you would like more information on any of their services see www.barriebusinesscentre.ca or call 705-720-2445.
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