City, County, and Regional Funding Sources
Local governmental units at different levels are currently providing some form of assistance to entrepreneurs. This assistance may be in the form of financial services and loan packaging or technical assistance, tax credits, and the like.
To learn more about the variety of programs, contact the planning or business services unit of the county, municipality or township where the proposed business will be located.
In addition, several private Rural Initiative Organization offer business development funding programs of their own.
Listing of Local Government Resources
- Alexandria Area Economic Development Commission
- Benton County Economic Partnership
- Brainerd Lakes Area Development Corporation
- Cass County EDC
- Faribault County EDA
- Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar EDC
- Koochiching County EDA
- Murray County Economic Development
- Redwood Area Development Corporation
- St. Louis County Planning and Community Development
- Sherburne County EDA
- Swift County RDA
- Wright County Economic Development Partnership
- Barnesville Economic Development Authority
- Brooklyn Park Community Development
- Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce
- Fergus Falls Economic Improvement Commission
- Greater Mankato
- Minneapolis CPED
- Rochester Area Economic Development, Inc.
- St. Paul PED