Business

Time with a Financial Advisor, Marta Haydym, Financial Advisor-Edward Jones

Simplify Your Spending and Saving Strategies during COVID-19 Pandemic

Virtual Business Data Workshop.

Please continue to check our Business and Government pages for the latest updates and helpful resources to help you through this difficult time.

The 2020 Census questionnaire is quick, easy, safe, secure, & confidential. Your response helps to direct billions of dollars in federal funds to local communities, and results from the census will be used to determine the number of seats each state has in Congress & your political representation at all levels of government.

PPL’s Business & Government Librarian will show you how to find in-depth information to help you launch or grow your business.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) together with the Portland Public Library will host a series of information and outreach session at the Portland Public Library.

The U.S. Census Bureau is the leading source of statistical information about the nation’s people, places, and economy, providing not only snapshots of the nation’s population size and growth, but also detailed portraits of the changing characteristics of our communities.

American FactFinder provides census and ACS (American Community Survey) data that can be downloaded in a tabular format and joined with Census Tiger line files so the data can be displayed in ArcMap.

This database is uniquely qualified to help teachers and students learn and apply statistics because it is a primary source of economic and demographic data for the U.S. and is uses the work of thousands of statistical experts.

Sometimes we all need help understanding money. PPL provides effective, unbiased financial and investor information through our print collections and online databases like Morningstar Investment Research Center and Value Line. PPL’s Value Line subscription also offers access to  The Small and Mid-Cap Survey. In collaboration with KeyBank, PPL also offers programs on financial topics throughout the year – with the highlight being Money Smart Week each April.

Find the information you need to run your business in today’s competitive market. PPL has resources to help you write business plans, utilize social media, lead effectively, increase sales, stay on top of record keeping, recruit and  retain the best talent, and much more!