Business Development Center
The Economic Alliance of Lewis County supports our local entrepreneurs with online resources for starting and growing your business.
Our Mission
The Business Development Centers mission is to provide expertise and experience to all small business owners to see their businesses prosper and grow.
Our Vision
Our goal is to contribute to the economic vitality of the community by increasing the number of jobs and improving the local quality of life. To accomplish our goal we work to retain our local businesses and aid them in expanding as well as recruit new businesses to the area.
To that end we have assisted over eighty firms locate here, which provide over 2,300 jobs to our community. In addition, we have worked with over 250 local firms, helping them to expand or strengthen their operations. Finally, the Economic Alliance partners with 100’s of members in business, government, and community groups to solve transportation, utility, and regulatory problems.
Our Core Values
Integrity
Building our reputation by being accountable, creditable, respectful, and honest with our small business clients.
Excellence
To exceed our clients’ expectations by walking them through the business process by using our knowledge and expertise.
Service
The Business Development Center delivers consistent professional results by providing one on one service to all of our small business clientele.
Online Business Startup Courses
Business Enterprise Startup Training or BEST is provided to new Lewis County entrepreneurs in partnership with the Thurston Economic Development Council Center for Business & Innovation.
BEST consists of five online on demand courses that teach new entrepreneurs how to write a business plan, structure and license their business, start branding and marketing their business, protect their intellectual property and gain basic accounting knowledge for their business.
After filling out the scholarship application you will be contacted by the Thurston EDC’s Center for Business & Innovation Training and Resource coordinator who will provide access to the courses along with no cost access to business plan writing software. For any questions please email [email protected].