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Welcome All!
Welcome to the Wyoming County Business Retention Expansion & Development (BRE&D)
newsletter. Our goal is to offer useful information to local businesses interested in building and
maintaining their business. If you have any business related questions, call us at (304) 732-6707. If you don't already receive this free newsletter, please join our mailing list by visiting
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American Independent Business Alliance - Workshop
Thanks to a grant from the West Virginia Development Office the BRE&D program is proud to present a workshop put on by the American Independent Business Alliance. The workshop will aim to bring together a diverse group of non-profits and businesses to learn the techniques of designing and implementing effective "Buy Local" campaigns. The effect of which would result in increased commerce among local businesses. This workshop will take place this spring or early summer. For more information, please call (304) 732-6707.
Updated Property Listings
The BRE&D project is continuing to update its online property listings. For anyone interested in selling or leasing their commercial or residential property on the BRE&D website, this will give your property much greater exposure to people looking for property in Wyoming County. To have your property listed, you can do so free of charge by calling (304)-732-6707. To view these free property listings, please visit the property listings here.
*The Wyoming County EDA and any other organization or group involved with posting the listings are not responsible for any incorrect information listed on this site regardless of its cause.
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| Wyoming County Economic Development Authority | | Wyoming County Day 2011
The 5th Annual Wyoming County Day took place January 24th, 2011 at the state capital in Charleston. The event offered a great opportunity for the businesses and organizations of Wyoming County to represent themselves to state legislators and potential investors. This year there were booths in the upper and lower rotundas and the event was followed by an evening reception at the Governor's Mansion.The Wyoming County EDA would like to thank everyone involved in making Wyoming County Day 2011 a success.
Brownfields Assessment Grant Completed
The Brownfields Assessment Grant was completed and yielded six Phase Ones, two Phase Twos, an abatement plan and a risk assessment plan. Currently the EDA is working with the WV Department of Environmental Protection to do additional sampling on a site that could potentially be used for industrial or commercial purposes.
Market Feasibility Study for Wyoming County
The Wyoming County EDA has received a grant from the West Virginia Development Office to allow for a market feasibility study to be conducted in Wyoming County. The result of which will boost the ability of Wyoming County to develop and market it's tourism opportunities throughout the county. |
Monty's Musings (Last Edition)
| Tax Incentives for New Hires Made in 2010
The HIRE Act is providing two different tax incentives to qualifying businesses that hired a new employee who had not worked for more than 40 hours in the past 60 days. First, employers are exempt from their 6.2 percent share of social security tax on wages paid to new hires. Second, there is a credit of up to $1,000 for a newly hired employee that stayed with your business for at least a year once they were hired, this usually applies to the 2011 tax year. In order to qualify for this tax exemption, the employee must have been hired between Feb. 3rd, 2010 and Jan. 1 2011. To find out more, visit here.
Though the HIRE Act expired as of the new year, there is legislation being created to extend the act. Keep close attention to the extension of this act when considering hiring a new employee. |
| Resources/Events | | Government Contracting 101
Looking to get a crash course in contracting with the world's largest purchaser of goods and services? By winning just one contract with the federal government you could incur incredible growth for your business. Over the next year the U.S. Small Business Administration will be offering free online workshops covering multiple aspects of the contracting process. Everything from what the government buys, getting you registered, where to find contracting opportunities, and how to market yourself. Find out more.
Preparing for Tax Season
With tax season approaching, small businesses should always be looking out to make sure they claim all the deductions they are entitled to. Courtesy of the Small Business Administration (SBA) a free prerecorded webinar, "Deductible Business Expense" is available here. As well, for general tax related information, the SBA has provided notes that every small business should read, available here.
Wyoming County Business Alliance Workshop
The BRE&D program in conjunction with the Wyoming County EDA will be hosting the American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA) for a workshop on strengthening local commerce. All businesses, county officials and citizens are welcome to join in this workshop on how Wyoming County can develop itself to retain more local commerce. This event has not yet been scheduled, but will most likely take place this summer. For more information on the AMIBA, read about them here.
American Staffing Inc.
One of American Staffing Inc. services includes employee leasing in which A.S.I. "hires" your employees and then "leases" them back to you. This relieves you of the time constraints associated with payroll processing, personnel file maintenance, payment of workers' compensation and unemployment insurance premiums and other personnel-related tasks. As well as creating an affordable way of providing health care. For more information, please call (304)766-9777.
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