Salt Lake County launches ‘Up Grade’ website- a "one-stop shopping" resource for small businesses.

When Peter Corroon wanted to launch a real estate business after college, he pored through the Yellow Pages for help.

After all, he needed to know where to start, how to get a loan, how to write articles of incorporation.

"I always felt like I had to find everything out myself," the Salt Lake County mayor said.

Now, he has a comprehensive tool.

On Thursday, Corroon unveiled a new business-development program described as a "one-stop shopping" resource for small businesses.

Called "Up Grade," http://www.upgrade.slco.org/ Corroon’s brainchild consists of a new Web site that pools federal, state, county and private resources for prospective – or existing – businesses to navigate.

"The resources? A lot of them exist," explained Dale Carpenter, Corroon’s director of business and economic development. "We’re in no way reinventing the wheel. But we want it to be a one-stop center."

By Derek P. Jensen
The Salt Lake Tribune

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