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Monroe County Clerk - The county clerk's office maintains records for the County of Monroe. As part of that responsibility they maintain a listing of all business registered with their office. If you would like to register your business name you can click here.
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Monroe County Chamber of Commerce: This business membership organization focuses on providing value for its members, enhancing the business climate in the Monroe County area and advocating for public policy that supports economic growth and vitality. They provide their members with countless networking opportunities, they fight to protect the interest of business in Lansing and Washington D.C. and they help business join together to form a better community.
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Main Street Program - Thinking of a business in downtown Monroe. The Monroe Downtown Development Authority has a variety of programs to assists new businesses.
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Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) - offers one-stop business assistance. Our business development managers work with consultants, utilities, associations and local economic development agencies to best match businesses' needs with Michigan's opportunities.
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Michigan Minority Business Development Center (MMBDC) - The mission of the MMBDC is to provide meaningful access to its corporate members to enhance procurement opportunities. MMBDV is a privately funded, non-profit, corporate services organization. It is comprised of major corporations and public entities in education, industry, finance, professional services, construction, consumer products and health care organizations. Through certification
of minority-owned businesses, MMBDC assures the corporate buyer that a business is truly minority-owned, operated and controlled.
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Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) - "Counselors to America's Small Business" is the premier, no-cost, business counseling and advice service found in the United States. For more than 40 years, SCORE retired professionals have volunteered to help new generations of business owners and managers take their business further - and make their dreams come true - when starting or growing their business.
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U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) - The SBA is an independent agency of the federal government. It is best known for its guaranteed loan programs. The SBA also provides a wide variety of other assistance to small businesses, including government contracting, training, management counseling, minority enterprise development, international trade and more. Most of these programs are delivered through partnership with other organizations.
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Michigan Interfaith Loan Fund - The Michigan Interfaith Trust Fund offers low interest loans to small businesses in the state of Michigan to promote community economic development. These businesses generally do not qualify for conventional bank loans. Some examples include: day care center, florist, restaurant, deli, coffee shop, cyber cafe, lawn service, clothing design/manufacturing business, etc.
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Biz Information Library - The Biz Info Library (BIL) is a collaboration between the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the Edward Lowe Foundation, and the James J. Hill Reference Library to create an online library offering the world's best information on starting and growing a business. BIL provides users instant access to relevant, credible, and objective information authored and vetted by the world's top business information experts.
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County Employment & Training Department (MCETD) administers a variety of programs, including, but not limited to the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, a statewide initiative driven by Governor Jennifer Granholm, No Worker Left Behind (NWLB), Trade Act Program, Community Corrections Program, and the Food Stamp Program. The MCETD also receives funding for the operation of the Jobs, Education, and Training Program (JET), which recently replaces Welfare Reform/Work First programming.
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Monroe County Community College - Founded in 1964, Monroe County Community College is a public, two-year institution supported by tax monies from Monroe County, educational funds from the State of Michigan, and student tuition. Our 210-acre Main Campus is centrally located in Monroe County with easy access to Detroit and Toledo. The Whitman Center, located in Bedford Township near the Michigan-Ohio border, was established in 1991.
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Bedford Business Association - The BBA is a group of approximately 300 business owners who have banded together for the purpose of sharing ideas on how to better serve Bedford Township, Michigan. Through implementation of these ideas by all members.
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