Census Business Builder Training : https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/274231796808139?p=s5ihHQfJxpBnfj8kjE

You are invited to a free, one-hour virtual training led by Brian Berman, U.S. Census Bureau Data Trainer for the Pacific Northwest. Brian will show us how to use the Census Bureau's free data tools to make our work more effective this year, whether you're planning, growing a business, or writing grants.

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026

Time: 5:00 PM Pacific Time (1 hour)

Location: Online via Microsoft Teams

Cost: Free

What you'll learn:

1. Population, Language and New Residents Data Tools – Find your area's most current population estimates (as of July 2025), see how your community has changed since 2020, rank where new residents are moving from, and learn which languages are most spoken locally.

2. Local Air Conditioning Estimates – Explore the newly released (May 2026) estimates of households without air conditioning at the state, county and census tract level, and learn how to format the data to build custom visuals in Power BI.

3. Census Tools for Transportation Planning and Emergency Response – Understand commuting patterns and the demographics of people who live and work in your county, city or neighborhood. OnTheMap is also a valuable asset for attracting multi-family housing investment.

4. Census Business Builder – Access growth data such as revenues, wages and number of establishments, and map 30 types of consumer spending down to the neighborhood level.

5. Census Tools for Proposal Writing and Fundraising – Quickly create tables, graphs and maps from 40+ American Community Survey topics that you can paste directly into grant proposals, fundraising and planning documents.

Join the Microsoft Teams meeting:

https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/274231796808139?p=s5ihHQfJxpBnfj8kjE

Meeting ID: 274 231 796 808 139

Passcode: SD3wf6en

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