The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requires each of the nationwide consumer reporting companies to provide you with a free copy of your credit report, at your request, once every 12 months. Come to this session to learn step-by-step how to request your free credit report using the Internet, and learn more about how your credit report is used by banks and credit companies and strategies to improve your credit. Where possible, attendees can request and print copies of their credit reports during this session. A session will be offered at each of the branches of the Pueblo Library Disrict.
Monday, April 26 @ 6:30pm - Lamb Branch, 2525 S. Pueblo Blvd.
Tuesday, April 27 @ 6pm - Pueblo West Branch, 298 S. Joe Martinez Blvd.
Wednesday, April 28 @ 6pm - Barkman Branch, 1300 Jerry Murphy Blvd.
Thursday, April 29 @ 6pm - Rawlings Branch, 100 E. Abriendo Ave.
Please RSVP by calling or emailing Cindy Shimizu 562-5667, Cindy.Shimizu@pueblolibrary.org.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
For Earth Day, look at Great Green Jobs
Great Green Careers connects employers and job seekers in the green jobs industries. The green job market includes energy (wind, solar, geothermal, tidal, biomass, and others), environment (ecology, health and safety, parks, abatement, and others), skilled trades (heating and cooling, electrical, plumbing, building automation), and transportation.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Start-Up Business Advice Provided for Entrepreneurs
Online Web Chat, Thursday, April 22, 2010, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., MDT
WASHINGTON – The SBA’s Web Chat will highlight assistance to entrepreneurs who want to start a business, and need to know the right strategies to have in place to achieve success. Participants can learn what it takes to start a business, where to go for information and assistance, why they need a business plan, how to get funding and the truth about the “free money” myth.
WHO: Barry McKinley, an experienced SCORE Counselor at Orange County California SCORE will host the April Web chat on “Small Business Start-Up -- Ask the Expert.” McKinley will answer questions about what first steps to take to start a business, and how and when to get a small business idea off the ground.
In addition, participants can learn about the resources available to help set up a business.
WHAT: SBA’s Web chat series, providing small business owners with an opportunity to discuss relevant business issues online with experts, industry leaders and successful entrepreneurs. Chat participants will have direct, real-time access to the Web chats via questions they submit online in advance and during the live session, with instant answers.
WHEN: April 22, 2010, 11 a.m. MDT
McKinley will answer questions for one hour.
HOW: Participants can join the live Web chat by going online to http://www.sba.gov/, and clicking “Online Business Chat.” Web chat participants may post questions before the April 22nd chat by visiting http://web.sba.gov/livemeeting/Apr10 and posting their questions online.
To review archives of past Web chats, visit online at http://www.sba.gov/tools/monthlywebchat/index.html
WASHINGTON – The SBA’s Web Chat will highlight assistance to entrepreneurs who want to start a business, and need to know the right strategies to have in place to achieve success. Participants can learn what it takes to start a business, where to go for information and assistance, why they need a business plan, how to get funding and the truth about the “free money” myth.
WHO: Barry McKinley, an experienced SCORE Counselor at Orange County California SCORE will host the April Web chat on “Small Business Start-Up -- Ask the Expert.” McKinley will answer questions about what first steps to take to start a business, and how and when to get a small business idea off the ground.
In addition, participants can learn about the resources available to help set up a business.
WHAT: SBA’s Web chat series, providing small business owners with an opportunity to discuss relevant business issues online with experts, industry leaders and successful entrepreneurs. Chat participants will have direct, real-time access to the Web chats via questions they submit online in advance and during the live session, with instant answers.
WHEN: April 22, 2010, 11 a.m. MDT
McKinley will answer questions for one hour.
HOW: Participants can join the live Web chat by going online to http://www.sba.gov/, and clicking “Online Business Chat.” Web chat participants may post questions before the April 22nd chat by visiting http://web.sba.gov/livemeeting/Apr10 and posting their questions online.
To review archives of past Web chats, visit online at http://www.sba.gov/tools/monthlywebchat/index.html
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Get Money Smart, Colorado!
Pay yourself first; start saving today. Don't spend more than you make. Budget your money. Your credit past is your credit future.
April is National Financial Literacy Month, and a partnership in Colorado called Money Smart Colorado is offering classes and workshops on how to become a smart money manager. Pueblo City-County Library District is a partner, and as part of Money Smart Colorado Week, April 24-30, is offering sessions at each of the branches on "Get your free credit report." Participants will learn how to request their free credit report and learn more about how their credit report is used by banks and credit companies, and strategies to improve their credit.
Dates, times, and locations are:
April 26th @ 6:30pm, Lamb Branch, 2525 S. Pueblo Blvd.,
April 27th @ 6pm, Pueblo West Branch,
April 28th @ 6pm, Barkman Branch, 1300 Jerry Murphy Blvd.,
April 29th @ 6pm, Rawlings Branch
To reserve a spot for any of these sessions, contact Cindy Shimizu 719-562-5667, Cindy.Shimizu@pueblolibrary.org.
April is National Financial Literacy Month, and a partnership in Colorado called Money Smart Colorado is offering classes and workshops on how to become a smart money manager. Pueblo City-County Library District is a partner, and as part of Money Smart Colorado Week, April 24-30, is offering sessions at each of the branches on "Get your free credit report." Participants will learn how to request their free credit report and learn more about how their credit report is used by banks and credit companies, and strategies to improve their credit.
Dates, times, and locations are:
April 26th @ 6:30pm, Lamb Branch, 2525 S. Pueblo Blvd.,
April 27th @ 6pm, Pueblo West Branch,
April 28th @ 6pm, Barkman Branch, 1300 Jerry Murphy Blvd.,
April 29th @ 6pm, Rawlings Branch
To reserve a spot for any of these sessions, contact Cindy Shimizu 719-562-5667, Cindy.Shimizu@pueblolibrary.org.
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