State specific grant resources

State Specific Grant Resources For Business
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There simply isn't enough room in this Ebook to begin listing all the FREE MONEY programs that are available from the state governments. For business programs, we’ve tracked down the appropriate Web site for each of the 50 states. Some sites are better than others in providing detailed information about grant programs; however, most states detail incentives for locating your business in its state.

Don’t forget, too, to contact your state or local department of economic development, or contact the local office of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

See also the following sites:

Small Business Development Centers

SBA Office of Advocacy: Provides direct link to local business owners, state and local government agencies, state legislatures and small business organizations. See http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/advo/region.html

State-Specific Small Business Links: http://www.bankrate.com/brm/links/business5b.asp#Specific

BizHotline: http://www.bizhotline.com/

State-Specific Business Links

We have located URLs for each of the 50 United States. The URLs will take you to the state’s business development site. As previously stated, some state sites list specific grant programs; others do not. Virtually all the state business sites, however, list the advantages of starting a business in its state.

Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs: http://www.adeca.state.al.us/

Resources for Conducting Business in the State of Alaska: http://www.state.ak.us/local/bus1.html

Business & Commerce: http://www.state.az.us/business.html

Business & Employment links: http://www.state.ar.us/business.html

California Trade and Commerce Agency: http://www.ca.gov

State Government Agencies Concerned With Business, Labor, and Employment: http://www.state.co.us/business_dir/businessmenu.html#state

Connecticut

Economic and Community Development: http://www.state.ct.us/ecd/

Delaware Economic Development Office; click “Business Resources,” then click “Financing & Incentives: http://www.state.de.us/dedo/index.htm. See also, Delaware Business & Economy: http://www.delaware.gov

Florida Department of State (Starting a Business in Florida): http://www.dos.state.fl.us/startbus/index.html
http://www.eflorida.com/biz_home2.html

Georgia Business Services: http://www.state.ga.us/index/topic_pages.cgi?topic_id=1. See also, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Economic Development at http://www.dca.state.ga.us/economic/index.html

Starting a Business in Hawaii: http://www.state.hi.us/dbedt/start/index.html

Idaho Department of Commerce (Business Services): http://www.idoc.state.id.us/Business/

Illinois Business Services: http://www.state.il.us/services/searchForm.html?template=binput

Indiana Department of Commerce (Business Assistance): http://www.state.in.us/doc/business/index.html. See also, Indiana Small Business Development Corporation at http://www.isbdcorp.org/.

Iowa

Iowa Department of Economic Development (Small Business Assistance): http://www.state.ia.us/sbro/

Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing (Business Assistance Resources): http://www.kansascommerce.com/

Business: http://home.state.ky.us/TransferShortCut.asp?LKSYSID=4

Business: http://www.lded.state.la.us/

Doing Business in Maine: http://www.state.me.us/business/business.html

Department of Business and Economic Development; Maryland’s Business Information Network: http://www.mdbusiness.state.md.us/

Massachusetts

Department of Economic Development: http://www.state.ma.us/econ/. See also, Office of Business Development at http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/mobd/.

Michigan Economic Development Corporation: http://medc.michigan.org/index_flash.asp?homepage=index.asp

http://www.michigan.gov/eMI/Agency/CDA/agy_CDA_Frame/1,1630,7-102-115_282_290-331--CI,00.html?frameURL=http://medc.michigan.org/services/financial/

Minnesota Business Information: http://www.bizlinks.state.mn.us/resources.html

Mississippi

Department of Economic and Community Development: http://www.mississippi.org/doing_busn/busn_dev/industry_asst.htm

Department of Economic Development: http://www.ecodev.state.mo.us/

Department of Commerce: http://commerce.state.mt.us/

Department of Economic Development; Business Assistance Toolkit: http://assist.neded.org/index.html. See also, Nebraska Business Development Center, Start and Grow Your Business at http://nbdc.unomaha.edu/graphic/publications/startup_guide/frame.htm and Financing: Grants & Loans at http://assist.neded.org/index.html#finan.

Commission on Economic Development/Business Assistance: http://www.expand2nevada.com/incentives2/incentives_main01.html. See also Department of Business and Industry/Office of Business Finance and Planning at http://dbi.state.nv.us/bfp/

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Business Finance Authority: http://www.state.nh.us/bfa/bfa.htm. See also, Office of Business and Industrial Development: Business Resources at http://www.nheconomy.com/

Business Resources: http://www.state.nj.us/bizresources.html

Economic Development Department: http://www.edd.state.nm.us/SERVICES/index.html

Empire State Development: http://www.empire.state.ny.us/serv_incentives.html

North Carolina

Department of Commerce: http://www.investnc.com/

North Dakota

Business/Finance; Starting a Business: http://discovernd.com/business/newbusiness.html. See also, Business/Finance; Finance (see “Financial Assistance Packages” and “Grant/Grantsmanship Assistance”) at http://discovernd.com/business/finance.html.

Ohio

Department of Development; Business and Trade Links: http://www.odod.state.oh.us/business.htm. See also, Catalogue of Incentive and Assistance Programs at

Oklahoma

Department of Commerce; Office of Business Development: http://www.odoc.state.ok.us/index.html. See also, ChamberBiz at http://www.chamberbiz.com/bizcenter//.

Economic and Community Development Department; Financial Services: http://www.econ.state.or.us/finance.htm

Pennsylvania

Open for Business: http://www.paopen4business.state.pa.us/. See also, Team Pennsylvania Business Resource Network at http://www.teampa.com/new/scripts/business_ast.asp?sec=2.

Rhode Island

Economic Development Corporation; Business Assistance Programs: http://www.riedc.com/growth/!assistanceframe.html

South Carolina

Department of Commerce: http://www.callsouthcarolina.com/. See also, Existing Business Services at http://www.callsouthcarolina.com/callsc.cfm?page=existingbusiness&document=home; Community Grant Programs at http://www.callsouthcarolina.com/callsc.cfm?page=grants&document=econdev; and Team South Carolina; Business and Tax Incentives at http://www.teamsc.com/businessincentives.htm.

South Dakota

Governor’s Office of Economic Development; Doing Business in South Dakota: http://www.state.sd.us/oed/start-up/doingbus.htm. See also, Advantages for Business and Industry at http://www.state.sd.us/oed/advantages/busadv.htm and Finance and Incentives at.

Doing Business in Tennessee: http://www.state.tn.us/dobuis.html. See also, Grants and Loans at http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/grants_and_loans.htm.

Business Resources: http://www.tded.state.tx.us/resource/txbusiness.htm

Utah

Business Incentives: http://www.dced.state.ut.us/busdev/incentives.html

Department of Economic Development; Doing Business in Vermont; Financing Assistance: http://www.thinkvermont.com/business/financing/programs/index.shtml

Department of Business Assistance: http://www.dba.state.va.us. See also, Department of Business Assistance; Financial Services Division at http://www.dba.state.va.us/financing/.

Economic Development Division; Business Assistance Center: http://edd-dev.cted.wa.gov/bac/#Loans

West Virginia

West Virginia Development Office; Business and Industrial Development. See also, Business Incentives at http://www.wvdo.org/index.cfm?main=/business/index and Small Business Development Center, Free Resources at http://www.wvsbdc.org/resources/index.htm.

Department of Commerce; Business: http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/COM/Com-Business.html. See also, Financing Your Business in Wisconsin (Grant & Loans) at http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/MT/MT-COM-2000.html and Programs for Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs at http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/MT/MT-COM-2700.html.

Grant information: http://www.wyomingtourism.org/. See also, Cheyenne-Laramie County Corporation for Economic Development at http://www.cheyenneleads.org/ and Wyoming Small Business Development Center at http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/sbdc/default.htm.