County GIS Economic Gardening Program Unveils Tools for Business
Pueblo County GIS now hosts a powerful set of tools that local businesses can use to help their small business grow and succeed. The information contained within this set of tools is current, up-to-date information of numerous resources available to businesses, as well as a comprehensive one-stop-shop of business formation regulation information.
Some highlights of the Tools for Business data include:
- Business Formation and Start-up Kit
- Payroll calculator
- Business planning tools and information
- Business assessment tools for growing businesses
- Business funding options
- Sustainable green business practices
- Free and low-cost online classes
Tools for business can be found here: http://pueblo.toolsforbusiness.info.
For additional information about the Pueblo County GIS Tools for Business, contact us at 719.583.6240 or e-mail gis@co.pueblo.co.us.
Most Popular Demographic Reports Available for Download
Our most popular demographic reports are now available for download here. These reports are utilized by nearly every retail business and non-profit agency that we work with.
Pueblo County specific reports:
State of Colorado specific reports:
Pueblo County / State of Colorado comparative reports:
Tapestry Segmentation (psychographic profile) descriptions:
Pueblo County GIS and Economic Development Efforts in the News
One of Pueblo County's economic development projects is to push for reuse of the Pueblo Chemical Depot as a renewable energy facility. This project shows tremendous potential for our community, and we are extremely excited about the attention it is getting.
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About the Pueblo County Economic Gardening Program
Pueblo County's Economic Gardening Program is an economic development arm of Pueblo County's Geographic Information Systems Department. This program exits to help ensure the economic health of the community by empowering entrepreneurs to create good-paying jobs. We provide advanced, corporate level tools for any Pueblo County businesses. We provide market research, competitor intelligence, industry trends, marketing lists, strategy development, web optimization and customized research for any business inside the county limits at no charge.
The concept of Economic Gardening originated in Littleton, Colorado in 1987. Since that time, the nation has been watching Littleton and measuring their program's success, noting that they have completely revitalized their local economy and have become a model for economic development around the globe.
Pueblo County GIS started our Economic Gardening pilot program in January 2006. Since then, our tools and methods have become increasingly sophisticated, and we assist several businesses per week. We've tracked many new jobs forming in Pueblo at businesses who have obtained our market & demographic information, and a number of local entrepreneurs visit us numerous times with increasingly sophisticated questions.
We rely heavily upon information provided by ESRI's Business Analyst, a very robust (and often complex) Geographic Information Systems application to provide detailed market information to businesses. We have a number of other tools at our disposal, and offer the same services to Pueblo County businesses that big-name retailers spend millions of dollars to obtain. Whether your business is looking to expand locally within Pueblo County, or to take things to a nationwide level, our tools can save you a tremendous amount of time and money - all free of charge.
Furthermore, we have developed numerous partnerships with organizations throughout our community. By building a strong network of local resources available to businesses, we are able to plug entrepreneurs into numerous community assets to help them succeed.
So, how does this program work? Give us a call to make an appointment with our staff. We will meet business owners for about an hour in a "strategy session," to identify how best we can help your business grow and succeed. Depending upon your needs, we will generate reports, identify your core and developing customers, analyze your website and marketing materials, recommend appropriate marketing strategies to reach your target customers and identify potential real-estate opportunities (both inside Pueblo County and nationwide) where your business will have the best chance at success.
Interested Pueblo County business owners can contact us directly at 719.583.6240, or by e-mail at economicgardening@pueblobusiness.org.