Northfield Area Business Assistance
- Business start-ups
- Business expansion
- Training technology
- Skill enhancement
A variety of questions, ideas, concerns and issues arise in the start-up and operation of a new or existing business. These questions range in subject from financing, operation, marketing, insurance, expansion, downsizing, etc. There is a variety of resources available in the Northfield area to assist current and prospective business owners in optimizing their ideas or plans.
Northfield Area Chamber of
Commerce
205 Third Street West, Suite A
Northfield, MN 55057
(507) 645-5604
(507) 663-7782 (fax)
www.northfieldchamber.com
- Community profile and other community demographic information
- Business and land inventory
- Referrals to assisting agencies and governmental bodies
- Analysis of local business climate
- Marketing opportunities for members
- Workshops and training opportunities for management and employees
- Community brochures and other promotional material
- Listing of state, regional and county offices and agencies that provide business services
Northfield Economic Development Authority & Community Development Department
Northfield City Hall
801 Washington Street
Northfield, MN 55057
(507) 645-8833
EDA: (507) 645-3018
Community Development: (507) 645-3059
www.ci.northfield.mn.us
www.ci.northfield.mn.us/business/eda
www.ci.northfield.mn.us/departments/communitydev
- Land inventory
- Financing (loans for industrial projects, loans for commercial projects, reimbursements for municipal utility hookups for commercial and industrial projects, tax increment financing)
- Zoning regulations
- Building code regulations
Northfield Enterprise Center
207 Third Street West
Northfield, MN 55057
(507) 649-1810
www.northfieldenterprisecenter.com
- Evaluate a prepared product or service and its potential market
- Develop a comprehensive five year business plan
- Arrange for financing
- Assemble a management team and/or board of directors or advisors
Latino Enterprise Center
207 Third Street West
Northfield, MN 55057
(952) 201-8852
latinoenterprisecenter.org
- Outreach to entrepreneurs
- Business ideas exploration and evaluation
- Business management training for new businesses and start-up planning assistance
- Supporting access to start-up and working capital
- Technical business management assistance for established enterprises
- Support the involvement of Latino/a entrepreneurs in the broader context of rural communities as a key component of a long-term rural economic development strategy
Northfield Public Library
210 Washington Street
Northfield, MN 55057
(507) 645-6606
http://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/departments/library/
- Business directories, magazines and newspapers
- Stock and mutual fund information
- Company information
- Books on business ranging from resume writing to business planning
Region 10 Small Business Development Center
Rochester Community College
851 30th Avenue SE
Rochester, MN 55904
(507) 285-7536
www.mnsbdc.com
- General business counseling
- Strategic management and market planning
- SBA and commercial loan packaging
- The Minnesota Women’s Network for Entrepreneurial Training
- Technical assistance
- The services of the SBDC are free of charge to businesses located within the eleven-county region
Rice County Small Business Development Center
530 Wilson Avenue
Faribault, MN 55021
(507) 334-4381
(800) 658- 2354
www.faribault.mn.org/SmallBusinessDevelopmentCenter.html
- General business counseling
- Business resource material and database access for business research
- SBA and commercial loan packaging
- Training Seminars
U.S. Small Business Administration
(800) U-ASK-SBA
www.sba.gov
- Information on starting a business, business planning, financing, marketing, taxes and much more.
- For additional information visit their website.
SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives)
220 S. Broadway, Suite 100
Rochester, MN 55904
(507) 288-8103
- Free advice on all business questions- management, financing, marketing, inventory control, purchasing and financial control
- Small business seminars
Southern Minnesota Initiative Fund
525 Florence Avenue
PO Box 695
Owatonna, MN 55060
(507) 455-3215
www.smifoundation.org
- Provides gap financing and technical assistance to businesses that are starting up or expanding within the 20-county area of southeastern Minnesota. It focuses on value added manufacturing, technology innovative industries agri-processing, information industries, tourism, ag marketing, child care, handicapped and elderly care.
- Programs and seminars addressing issues of interest to businesses within the region.
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic
Development
500 Metro Square
121 7th Place E.
St. Paul, MN 55101-2146
(651) 297-1291 or 800-657-3858
www.deed.state.mn.us
- “A Guide to Starting a Business in Minnesota”
- Small business assistance
- Community development assistance
- Business development financing
- Information and analysis
- Business development library
- International trade (See Minnesota Trade Office)
Minnesota Trade Office
(A division of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic
Development)
30 Seventh Street E.
St. Paul, MN 55101-4902
(651) 259-7498 or 800-657-3858
www.exportminnesota.com
- Export counseling and assistance
- Export education and training
- Export financing assistance
- International library
- International information network
Minnesota Project Innovation
1st National Bank Building
332 Minnesota Street, Suite E200
Saint Paul, MN 55101-135
(651) 282-6714
(800) 657-3858
www.deed.state.mn.us/sbir/
- Government marketing assistance program that provides help to businesses interested in selling to the federal and state governments
Minnesota Department of Revenue
600 N. Robert Street
St. Paul, MN 55146
(651) 282-5225
www.taxes.state.mn.us
- Tax identification number
Minnesota Secretary of State Office
180 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd
St. Paul, MN 55155-1299
(651) 296-2803
www.sos.state.mn.us
- Business Registration, Business Incorporation
Enterprise Minnesota formerly Minnesota Technology, Inc.
310 4th Ave S, Ste 7050
Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 373-2900
www.enterpriseminnesota.org
- Provides technological information and assistance to small manufacturing companies.
Minnesota WorkForce Center
201 Lyndale Avenue S., Suite 1
Faribault, MN 55021
(507) 333-2047 or 888-234-5711
www.mnwfc.org/faribault/
- Partnership of agencies that provide a one-stop employment and training based service to jobseekers and to the employer. Includes Job Service, Rehabilitation, Workforce Development Inc. Office, School to Work services and Welfare to Work services.
South Central Technical College
1225 3rd Street SW
Faribault, MN 55021
(507) 332-5800 or 800-422-0391
www.southcentral.edu
- Small business management course
- Customized employee training
- Employee testing and evaluation
Dakota County Technical College
1300 145th Street E.
Rosemount, MN 55068
(651) 423-8293 or 877-937-3282
www.dctc.edu
- Small business management course
- Customized employee training
- Employee testing and evaluation
Rice County Department of Planning and Zoning & Rice County Economic Development Department
320 3rd Street NW
Faribault, MN 55021
Planning & Zoing: (507) 332-6113
Economic Development: (507) 332-6126
www.co.rice.mn.us
- Zoning information
- Building code regulations
- Drain field requirements
- Economic development planning and assistance
