(Click above to visit the free Business Connection webpage)
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
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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 CorporationThe 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

























