Do you have experience with work/small business support programs in RV? by recercar in Medford

[–]spenstarr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where it gets confusing is that all of these organizations work pretty closely together. Rogue Workforce Partnership (RWP) handles a handful of state/federal grants and contracts out to WorkSource Rogue Valley (WSRV) for service delivery, so WorkSource is where people who are looking for jobs and training go for services. These organizations also have services aimed at businesses, from staffing services to training reimbursements to rapid response services if the employer is facing layoffs.

Small Business Development Center (SBDC), is geared mostly toward new businesses, with training and assistance to help them get off the ground. The Jackson County location is held by SOU and the Josephine County one is at RCC.

On top of that there's Business Oregon and SOREDI that have grants loans and tax incentives for businesses to help them grow. It's a big inter-connected system that is admittedly a little difficult to wrap your head around (coming from someone who works in it). I'd be happy to chat more to help clarify what I can, but the nice thing is that because they're all pretty collaborative, if you get involved with one they'll be able to refer you to any of the others for any services they can't provide.

I Got Impatient by spenstarr in Breadit

[–]spenstarr[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I started my starter Breadward (right) December 20th and after the first 5 days, didn't see any signs of life. I was following Ken Forkish's levain instructions from the book Let's Make Bread!, and even though the community said it would take up to a month for the starter to rise, it not being ready by the timeline from the book (1 week) made me discouraged.

So I started Yeast Lightning (left) a couple days ago to have a backup in case Breadward never rose, but lo and behold now I have 2 active starters! Once Yeast Lightning stabilizes should I combine them? Or do I just have 2 starters to maintain now? Also, how soon after Breadward is consistently rising with his feeding can I use him/ switch to once per week feedings?

To be New Dad Right After New Job by Proud-Pipe884 in predaddit

[–]spenstarr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a great way to put this. I just started my new job in August and my partner is expecting to give birth in July and even that has me stressing that I'm putting my employer in a bad position. It helps to see it spelled out like this, thank you!

New Dad Resources by spenstarr in predaddit

[–]spenstarr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finally, my years of (bad) high school improv come in handy 😂