Today, it's where people go to use the internet, get legal advice and pick up COVID tests. And now, there's a movement among public libraries to become hubs of entrepreneurship.
Toledo was one of 12 public library systems awarded grants through the Urban Libraries Council to explore ways to engage entrepreneurs in their communities, particularly people of color, women, immigrants and veterans.
Librarians hold drop-in hours and take one-on-one appointments. They also host classes on topics like bookkeeping, grant writing and business plan development. And it's all free.
As a librarian, [Linda Faye Lucas] says, 75% of the people she works with are women, many of them women of color.
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