As part of ULC's Strengthening Libraries as Entrepreneurial Hubs initiative, the Toledo Lucas County Public Library developed strategies to help members of underserved populations in the city start their own businesses. This summer, the library officially opened a small business and nonprofit workspace to help the more than 3,100 (and growing!) people who come to the library each year for business support. NPR recently visited the library and talked to librarians and small business owners in Northwest Ohio about how these free services are the biggest value for them.

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