A feature of Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. (GGHI) is to provide business assistance and resource referral. This monthly Business Assistance Briefing is to share relevant and timely resources to support your business, regardless of size.

In today’s world it can be hard to navigate the waters when it comes to running your business, gaining access to capital, permitting, marketing woes, workforce needs, or just getting started – GGHI is here to assist.

ScaleUp Business Training

The path to seven figures begins here!

ScaleUp Business Training was designed to help established businesses increase profitability, build capacity, and spur growth.

  • Do you feel like you have no time outside of working in your business?
  • Are you spending too much time on low profit activities?
  • Have high maintenance clients taken over your schedule?
  • Are you thinking of selling your business?
  • Need help interpreting your fiscal drivers?

This powerful program will give you the tools necessary to take your time back, break through the profit plateau, create new sources of revenue, and help you to work on your business rather than in your business!

ScaleUp is a flexible time commitment and is delivered online through the ScaleUp online learning environment, live training sessions with roundtable discussion, and weekly Study Hall mentorship hours. Graduates of the program will also retain continued access to the Alumni resources, which include the above and more!

Our trainers are highly qualified and come with years of practical experience building and scaling businesses and helping others do the same.

This program is most beneficial for established business owners, with two or more years’ experience owning and operating a small business and are currently based in Washington state.

This program, which normally costs $1,599, is currently provided at no cost to Washington State businesses through June 30, 2025, thanks to ongoing support from the Washington Department of Commerce.

Click here for more information and the start dates.

AJAC – Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeships

Over the past 13 years, AJAC has built one of the largest statewide instructional workforces of industry professionals and subject matter experts, with the vast majority of our 60 part-time instructors currently working in the aerospace and advanced manufacturing industries. Most of these instructors teach our apprenticeship classes in the evening and/or weekends, allowing them to continue to work in industry during the day (and helping to ensure that our classroom instruction remains current to the changing needs of these industries).

AJAC has worked diligently to create and implement industry-driven curriculum for the different occupations that we provide registered apprenticeship training. By working with employers, subject matter experts, and educational partners, AJAC can provide high quality, relevant curriculum that our instructors provide in over 40 unique classroom settings each quarter at community colleges, high schools, and regional skill centers.

GGHI and AJAC will host a round table for those interested in attending. Please contact me lthomas@graysharbor.org or 360-581-9438. You can be a donut maker or a fish processor, but you are still manufacturing, and you require equipment to do the work you do.

Discover more about AJAC here.

Impact Washington Supplier Scouting and Matching Services

Need support sourcing rare materials for your manufacturing process? Look no further! In partnership with our National Network, Impact Washington‘s confidential Supplier Scouting and Matching Services can help. From American-made standards to reducing international shipping impact, let our service see what we can do for you. Connect with the perfect suppliers tailored to your needs – all at NO COST!

Discover new suppliers here.

Greater Grays Harbor hosts a Business Assistance page on our website that provides a lengthy list of resources related to startups and other business support.

We are happy to conduct a meeting with you to discuss business needs and how to navigate the vast resource network. Please reach out to Loretta Thomas, Program Manager for Business Development at GGHI if you have questions or need some guidance along your business journey.