Seymour Rudin Small Business Resource Center

Through a generous gift, the library was able to establish the Seymour Rudin Small Business Center. The Center is your place to go for resources on starting a small business, working from home, patenting, licensing, and tax issues for small business owners, among other things.

The Seymour Rudin Small Business Resource Center

is a collection of resources designed to serve the information needs of the small business community in the Fairport/Perinton area.

The Center features a collection of business publications, web sites, magazines and reference materials geared to assist small business owners. The Center opened its doors with a ribbon cutting ceremony as part of the community’s celebration of National Small Business Week in May, 2001. A reception was held in May, 2005 to name the Center in honor of Seymour Rudin, a longtime Fairport resident and small business owner.

Reference and circulating materials are available on topics such as writing a business plan, preparing for financing and bank loans, marketing, advertising, customer service, franchise opportunities, and sales and tax reporting. Open during regular library hours.

Information available at the Seymour Rudin Small Business Resource Center includes:

Business Plans
Family Businesses
Financing
Franchises
Home-based Business
Legal Help
Local & Regional Resources
Marketing
Partnerships
Start-up Information
Women and Small Business

Small Business Websites

Fairport Merchants Assn.
http://fairportmerchants.com

MCLS Web Links
Business Resources

Perinton Chamber of Commerce
http://www.perintonchamber.com/

Rochester Resources
Local Business Resources

Small Business Administration
http://sba.gov

Business resources are available in many formats:

Audio books
Books
CD-Roms
Information on local Small Business seminars
Reproducible Business Forms
Small Business Administration brochures

Magazines & Newspapers:

Business Strategies
Daily Record
Entrepreneur
Rochester Business Journal

Electronic Resources in Library:

Gale Business Resource Center
ReferenceUSA
Rochester Business Journal
      (with access to full archive)

Local and Regional Resources:

Small Business Development Center
Brockport Office
350 New Campus Drive.
Morgan III, Room 3205
Brockport, NY 14420
585-395-2334

Rochester Office
55 St. Paul St.
Riverside Entrance
Rochester, NY 14604
585-232-7310

U.S.Small Business Administration
District Office
111 West Huron Street
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-551-4301

Branch Office
100 State Street
Rochester, NY 14614
585-263-6700

SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
Federal Building
100 State Street, Room 410
Rochester, NY 14614
585-263-6473