Waseca Welcomes Your Business

Waseca's business tradition has an entrepreneurial spirit and a large variety of businesses-retail, automotive, recreation and professional.

Leading in manufacturing & technology

 

Waseca is thriving and flourishing due to strong industry clusters, infrastructure, natural resources and labor pool accessibility. Twenty-five percent of private sector jobs in Waseca are in manufacturing and information technology.  Key players can be found in these industries: printing and printing support, ethanol production, manufacturing of food, machinery and specialty industries in electronics and electrical components.

     The growth of telecommunications, data networks and the wireless industry together with the close proximity to agricultural products and other raw materials have attributed to the success of the area.   There are over 10 higher education institutions within a 50 mile radius of Waseca which continually fill the need for a strong skilled workforce.The city of Waseca’s construction of a $16 million wastewater treatment facility scheduled to be completed in 2010 will reduce flooding, install a phosphorus removal system, improve the treatment facility and improve the capacity for the city’s residential and business growth.     US Highway 14 is a major highway running from coast to coast and is an interregional corridor that connects New Ulm, Mankato, Owatonna, Rochester and Winona.  Originally constructed as a two-lane highway, the expansion of Highway 14 to a four-lane corridor between Rochester and Mankato will improve safety and commerce.Waseca’s major employers include:
•Brown Printing                                   • Mediacom                                

• Birds Eye Foods• Itron, Inc.          • Waseca Public Schools      

• Data Radio COR, LTD                  • Federal Correctional Institution    

• Waseca County                               • Walmart

• Waseca Medical Center                • Emerson Network Power Connectivity Soluations

• ELM Homes, Inc.                           • Corchran

•Winegar Inc.                                                

 

Your free, go-to service in Minnesota for any and all business questions: starting a business, expanding your business, selling a business, business plans, legal structures, environmental permits, business loans, patents, insurance, finding employees, hiring employees, training employees, advertising, marketing, and much more!!

This is a valuable resource that can assist you in reaching your full potential as a business. You have access to real people that can help you with your questions about starting, running, or improving your business.

D.E.E.D

www.positivelymn.com

  

Region 9

www.rndc.org

  

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation

www.smifoundation.org

 

ThomasNet

 www.Thomasnet.com

MacRAE’s Blue Book

www.macraesbluebook.com

Minnesota Small Business Development Centers

http://www.mnsbdc.com/

 

 James J. Hill Reference Library

www.jamesJHillreferencelibrary.com

 

 Grow Mn! Business Connection             

 www.MinnesotaChamberofCommerce.com                   

                                                                          

 Waseca Area Foundation

www.wasecaareafoundation.org

Waseca County
www.co.waseca.mn.us

Waseca School District
www.waseca.k12.mn.us
507-835-2500

Mn. Dept. Agriculture
www.mda.state.mn.us
651-296-6121

Attorneys General Office
www.ag.state.mn.us
651-296-3353

SBA District Office
www.sba.gov
608-441-5261

Minnesota Dept. of Employment & Economic Development
www.deed.state.mn.us
651-296-3711

MNPRO
www.mnpro.com

Better Business Bureau
651-699-1111
800-646-6222

Minnesota WorkForce Center - Owatonna & Mankato

507-446-1470
1-888-GET-JOBS

Minnesota Works

www.minnesotaworks.net

 

Minnesota Community Capital Fund (MCCF)
The Minnesota Community Capital Fund can provide loans with bank participation. .  Visit their website at: http://www.mncommunitycapitalfund.org

• SBA 504 Corporation
  The U.S. Small Business Administration 504 program allows small to medium sized businesses to obtain long-term, fixed rate financing at low rates for up to 20 years.  The program is designed to promote economic growth by stimulating small business investment.  Visit their website at: http://www.504Corporation.com

 

Economic Development     www.ci.waseca.mn.us

Economic Development Authority of the City of Waseca (507)835-9700: Waseca Development. Corp., 507-835-4040 City and County  507-835-0630 operate business loan programs that can be leveraged within the same package. City Business Resources Ctr. packages business info., financing, technological, employment and regulatory resources. One-stop shopping is available for site location, permits and financial incentives. Vacant property occupation and exterior renovation incentives are also offered.

                                                                                         
                                                             

                                                                                                                                     

                                                                    

                                        

Contact your Legislators

Representative Kory Kath (DFL) - District 26A

357 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Saint Paul, MN 55155

651-296-5368

rep.kory.kath@house.mn

Representative Tony Cornish (R)

281 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Saint Paul, MN 55155

651-296-4240 or 800-704-8525

Senator Mike Parry (R) District 26

100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

State Office Building

St. Paul, MN 55155

651-296-9457

sen.mike.parry@senate.mn

US Representative Tim Walz (DFL) 1st District

Mankato Office

227 E Main St #220

Mankato, MN 56001

507-388-2149 or 1-877-TIM WALZ

http://walz.house.gov/zip_auth.shtm

Senator Amy Klobuchar (DFL)

Southern Office

1134 7th St NW
Rochester, MN 55901

507-288-5321

http://klobuchar.senate.gov/emailamy.cfm

 

 

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