St. Joseph’s coworking space will begin offering learning opportunities for businesses, entrepreneurs and more.

CoJoe, the coworking space for entrepreneurs, freelancers,  start-ups and remote workers will offer two educational meetings this month starting with one this week called “How to Take Your Business to the Next Level.”

Kristie Arthur is Director of Workforce Development with the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce.

Arthur said the event will feature local small business entrepreneurs Jason Chase, Sarah DeGarmo and Justin Copeland speaking on how they got started and when they decided it was time to scale their businesses.

“Oftentimes, you get going in your business and you get busy but you don’t know when is the right time to hire employees or contract with someone to help do some of the work, which could take your business to another level or deciding if you just need to stay in the same spot,” Arthur said. “So I think that they’ll just talk about when they decided to add staff to be able to bring on new business and what that looks like for a small business and how to get them started.”

That event will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Thursday at CoJoe, located at 518 Felix.

Later this month, CoJoe will partner with Strategic Impact to offer a half day workshop called HIRE Impact. Arthur said the workshop will provide tips on hiring, engaging and retaining employees.

That workshop will take place from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, April 17.

For more information, contact CoJoe at (816) 364-4115 or visit their Facebook page.