Artemio Jimenez founded Jimenez Stained Glass

in 2009 after working for years at a prestigious stained glass company in Northern California. His passion for the craft fueled his success and in June, thanks to a loan from AEDC, Jimenez opened a stained glass retail store in Arcata. 

  

"I have been doing custom orders and commissions since 2009 but it was really in 2013 that I started getting inquires about stained glass supplies, materials and classes.  This made me look at the possibility of offering that service to the community which was nonexistent until now."

 

Jimenez used the AEDC loan to help fund the construction, new equipment and inventory for his new retail shop. He is now able to offer classes for students to learn everything from choosing and cutting glass to soldering lead and finishing a project. 

 

The company also continues to do stained glass architectural installation for homes, businesses, and religious institutions. "In a place of worship, the light-

 

In addition to customized design, Jimenez will also continue to do repair and restoration.  

 

For more information, visit

 

http://jsg-studios.com/

          

 

Or go to the retail shop, located at 820 N St. Suite A in  Arcata 

 

 

 

 

 

This year, Lemonade Day saw more stands on our map, and in the community, than every before. Of the approximately 90 stands we saw in the community, about 59% were trying their hand at a lemonade stand for the first time. Just over 40% participated for two or more years. 

 

Of the participants 34% responded with their business results at the end of the day. By averaging out the submitted information and extrapolating it to the 90 stands we know existed, here are some things we learned from them: 

 

• 90% of the participants used at least some of the Lemonade Day curriculum materials.

•  An estimated 5,696 glasses of lemonade were sold for an average price of $.97. 

• Total revenue from sales and tips was approximately $10,823.75. Profit was about $6,777.12.  

• 84% of the participants reported paying back their investors. 

• 77% met their sales goals. 

• 68% donated to charity, for an estimated total of $4,155. 

• A stand in Arcata at the Sustainability Fair sold their lemonade in glasses with a deposit that was returned when the glass was returned for a zero waste product. 

• A stand in Fortuna had a contest for a chance to win a movie themed gift basket based on how quickly you could eat a quarter of a lemon. 

• A stand in Samoa gave away plant starts with each glass of lemonade. 

  

AEDC Welcomes Eureka Payment's Scott Bartlett to the Board of Directors 

    

  

 

AEDC Program Director Susan Seaman recently joined the Greater Eureka Chamber of Commerce's Business and Education Committee. The group provides a link between the private sector and education in order to fulfill workforce needs. They support programming to assist local youth in becoming productive and knowledgeable employees and business owners, provide educational programming to assist businesses, and promote entrepreneurship in education. Seaman joins a diverse group of individuals representing education, the private sector, economic development agencies, funders and more. 

 

"For over five years, AEDC has been a leader in youth 

entrepreneurship and business education for our youth," Seaman said. " From hosting a teen business 

fair at the Teen Center in Eureka, to bringing Junior Achievement to Humboldt County then Lemonade Day which led to serving on the Decade of Difference entrepreneurship work group, you can often find AEDC in that place where business and youth meet. This committee serves to strengthen AEDC's commitment to our future business leaders." 

 

Among its many goals, the committee plans to:

• Provide business speakers to area schools
• Continue to support Humboldt Lemonade Day as a youth entrepreneurship activity
• Support the Youth Ambassador Scholarship Program - which awarded $4,500 in scholarships  to 14 high school students
• Work with the Humboldt County Office of Education, Career Pathways and Decade of Difference Programs to support workforce development  and entrepreneurship education using
• Provide job shadowing, internships, classroom presentations and more.

 To learn more, contact Susan Seaman at (707)822-4616, ext. 12 

   

  

 

On June 28, the North Coast Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will launch a new professional development program for owners of pre-start up, start-up and emerging home-based businesses in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. The
training, called a "flight", offers a series of core concept workshops dovetailed with individualized business coaching that will allow the entrepreneur to address specific needs within their business.  

 

"SBDC's business professionals will teach participants to apply the latest strategies and tools to their home-

based business model," noted North Coast SBDC Operations Manager Sandy Neal. "And we're using a new approach this time. Prior flights focused on developing business plans but today's fast-paced environment has prompted us to focus on helping entrepreneurs develop their business skillsets instead."

 

The training will offer ten specialized workshops that will cover Mind Mapping, a visual technique to organize ideas into a planned process, computer and cloud applications like Evernote, Hootsuite, Google Docs, business branding, common bookkeeping mistakes and more. Presenters include Eureka Payments owner Ken Musante, Chris Chadwick, general manager of Marimba One, marketing expert Jeffrey Smoller and others.

 

Workshops begin June 28 and pre-registration is required. For more information or to download an application, visit www.northcoastsbdc.org or call (707) 445-9720.