Here you will find resources and toolkits available to help your business. Can’t find what you’re looking for or have
additional questions? Please reach out to Mary Myers at gro.ytnuocagarabobfsctd-5193fe@yram.

Toolkits for your business

Baraga County EDC Small Business Marketing Toolkit 

Marketing is more than simply selling your products or services. It is about connecting with your customers, building trust and clearly communicating what makes your business unique.

Finding the time and resources to focus on marketing can be difficult for small business owners. This toolkit provides practical, budget-friendly guidance to help you develop a marketing strategy, reach your ideal customers and measure what is working.

Year-end Small Business Toolkit

The Year-end Small Business Toolkit is a comprehensive guide designed to help small businesses close out the year with confidence and prepare for success in the new year. Packed with practical checklists, templates, and expert tips, it simplifies everything from financial reporting to employee engagement.

This toolkit makes year-end planning approachable, helping small businesses stay organized, compliant, and ready for growth.

Baraga County EDC Business Resiliency Guide

Businesses face up and downs all the time for a variety of reasons. We have put together this Business Resiliency Guide with some possible ways to make your business stronger and enable it to be flexible during difficult cycles.

Crisis Check List for Your Business

Here in the Upper Peninsula, every single business is important to our communities. This checklist can help business owners ease some strain during difficult times.

Hibernation Toolkit Baraga County EDC

In this toolkit we have designed basic ideas to help businesses begin to address the current marketplace. Business owners who have focused on cash flow monitoring and are still struggling may be at a point of understanding there’s a need to hit a pause button, to put their business in some level of hibernation mode to ensure it is strong enough to operate once demand returns. Our toolkit can help guide you through this process.

Baraga County EDC Restart Toolkit

Whether it’s a pandemic, an economic downturn or a personal crisis, sometimes your business needs to recalibrate. This toolkit was designed to help your business through that process.

Baraga County EDC Succession Planning Toolkit

Often times, succession planning ends up on the back burner as you go about your day to day operations. Planning the end of your business ownership lifecycle can be hard to get your arms around and often emotional, but we assure you it is critical to be prepared. This toolkit can help get you started.

Central Upper Peninsula Small Business Support Hub

Central Upper Peninsula Small Business Support Hub

The Central Upper Peninsula Small Business Support Hub connects entrepreneurs and small business owners with the many resources already available throughout the region. Rather than duplicating existing programs, the Hub helps businesses identify and access the support that best fits their needs.

Resources and support may include:

• One-on-one coaching and technical assistance
• Educational events, webinars, handbooks and guidance documents
• Assistance identifying and pursuing loans, grants and other financial resources
• Connections to local, regional and statewide business support organizations

While the Hub’s Direct Grant Program has ended and grant funding is no longer available, Small Business Resource Navigators continue to help businesses access guidance, resources and other opportunities.