Business Resources
Local Resources
City of Monmouth
Business Toolkit
We all know it can be overwhelming to open and maintain a small business, which is why the City of Monmouth assembled a business toolkit to help you on your journey of owning and managing a business.
Gathering Spaces
Need to host a meeting or event? Check out the Gathering Spaces document to find about rooms and other facilities available in Monmouth and Independence.
Polk County
MBA Meeting Archives
2023 Meeting Minutes
* No meeting was held in January of 2023
2022 Meeting Minutes
2021 Meeting Minutes
2020 Meeting Minutes
MBA ByLaws
Website Tutorials

Reach WOU Students
Monmouth is the proud home of Western Oregon University! With a population of over 6,000 WOU’s students are an important part of Monmouth’s community.
Find out What’s Happening
- Celebrate Homecoming and the annual Tree Lighting
- Get involved in Family Weekend
- Submit your event: wou.edu/calendar
Advertise with Student Media
Advertise in the student newspaper and get newspapers delivered to your business. Contact The Western Howl at 503-838-8347.
Get your business heard on the air, place an ad on our student radio station, KWOU, at 503-838-8900.
Hire Students
contact Service Learning and Career Development 503-838-8432 or wou.edu/slcd
- Become a business mentor for students
- Hire interns or employees
- Participate in career fairs
External Resources
Travel Oregon Digital Marketing Resources
- Marketing Assessments & Assistance for Tourism Businesses
- Marketing Opportunities & Toolkits
- Small Business Marketing Resources
2C1C
Businesses in Monmouth and Independence can get one free advertisement for their business places in this local online newspaper each month. Advertisements must be emailed to Marilyn Morton at: marilyn97351@gmail.com.
Her Brand & Co.
Their Mission is to deliver the best marketing education to help entrepreneurs to learn the ins and outs of all things marketing.
Canva
Canva.com
Canva is a free online design tool that allows you to quickly create content that matches your branding style.
Unsplash
unsplash.com
Has a whole library of free, quality, photos you can use for both commercial and non-commercial projcets. Check out the rules for their free photo license.
Noun Project
Has over 5 million icons available for use with attribution in the free plan. There are also paid plans if you have different needs.
Website Performance
SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
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