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Works with developers, realtors, and the business community to actively promote and facilitated development efforts. Formulates, establishes, and administrates land use policy and zoning and subdivision regulations. Provides financial and technical assistance for the physical improvement of qualified residential properties within the City. Administers the City's Housing Code in order to ensure that residential properties are properly maintained.

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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Building Code Information
City/County Planning Offices
Zoning
Assists individuals looking to locate business in the area, makes contact with potential clients, markets the city and works with the County Economic Development Agency when necessary.
Administers various community and economic development programs funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Ohio Department of Development. Processes Design Review and Planning Commission applications.
Provides technical assistance, loan packaging, and information on the district to businesses looking to expand or locate in the area served.

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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Small Business Development
Provides economic development opportunities and advocacy to businesses. Supports collaborative efforts to boost the economic vitality of the region. Initiatives include both typical chamber of commerce activities, such as membership and advocacy, and programs that focus on equity and inclusion, real estate and development, technology, talent, and COSE, the organization's small business division.

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Regional Economic Development
Business Recruitment and Attraction
Business Associations
Minority Business Development
Chambers of Commerce
The Economic Development Division businesses and consultants to communities, workforce, and incentives. Visit https://[email protected].
Recruits new manufacturing and commercial businesses and encourages business retention. Generally, does not work with retail business development. Also works jointly with area schools and local manufacturers to address and encourage future workforce and introduce local job opportunities.
Provides advocacy for business in the Greater Port Clinton area and Ottawa County.

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Small Business Development
Business Recruitment and Attraction
Chambers of Commerce
Provides outreach, information, and resources to manufacturing-related companies to address the challenges and problems that arise in the course of business operations. Serves as an advocate for business, helps to link workforce and business issues and resources, a liaison between the city and manufacturing, and a partner with public and private entities.

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Community Development Issues
Business Recruitment and Attraction
Specialized Information and Referral
Works to provide retail, office and residential opportunities in the historic Warehouse District. Supports merchants and links business with funding opportunities. Facilitates commercial redevelopment of individual and mixed-use projects.

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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Redevelopment Programs
Provides a wide variety of services that support the attraction, expansion and retention of local businesses, assure their competitiveness and help them remain as assets to the local economy.
Provides assistance to businesses looking to locate in the service area through listings of commercial, available rental space.
Provides information for home/property owners and businesses in or looking to locate in the service area. Works to assist property owners in maintaining property in compliance with building codes. Recruits businesses to locate in area. Assistance may include explanations of building code violations and possible remediation options for property/business owners, marketing of available business properties, and opportunities to develop leadership skills for local residents.

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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Leadership Development
Building Code Violations Consultation
Encourages new businesses to form in, or relocate to, Allen County, and provides support for those already there. Services offered to members include: networking opportunities, promotion, and various discounts on business services. Also encourages volunteerism and sponsors community events.

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Chambers of Commerce
Business Recruitment and Attraction
Encourages new businesses to form in, or relocate to, the Chardon area, and provides support for those already there. Services offered to members include: networking opportunities, promotion, and group purchase of services (such as health insurance, freight delivery discounts, workers’ compensation premium reduction, etc.). Also encourages volunteerism and sponsors community events such as food drives and easter egg hunts. Will not advocate or engage in politics with the city or other government entity.

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Chambers of Commerce
Business Recruitment and Attraction
Promotes commercial development in downtown by providing a variety of services to businesses currently located downtown and assistance withdowntown relocation for businesses not currently located downtown. Offers information on city and county economic development programs, as well as assistance with predevelopment studies for business relocating to downtown.
Chamber of Commerce for Darke County. Services offered to members include business development, legislative updates, problem solving, marketing, networking opportunities, group purchase of services for small businesses (such as health insurance and workers’ compensation premium reduction), and business-to-business referrals.

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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Chambers of Commerce
Offers business development, legislative updates, problem solving, marketing, networking opportunities, and tourist information for the Parkman Township area. Sponsors various community events.

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Chambers of Commerce
Business Recruitment and Attraction
Establishes and enforces zoning regulations which classify land within the township for specific agricultural, residential, commercial or industrial use. Evaluates, establishes rulings upon and hears appeals regarding exceptions to zoning regulations. Works with and promotes start-up businesses or those looking to relocate to the Township.
Provides developers, business owners, residents, and others with activities to encourage investment, preservation and infill development of commercial districts and residential neighborhoods. Works to access loans and grants to fund projects.

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Small Business Development
Business Recruitment and Attraction
Works to provide retail, office, and residential opportunities in area. Supports merchants and links business with funding opportunities. Facilitates commercial redevelopment of individual and mixed-use projects.
Provides information and assistance to current small businesses or those wanting to locate in the service area. Provides referrals to financing resources, and assists in organizing merchants' association.

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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Small Business Development
Partners with retail, industrial and agricultural businesses to offer members services such as: educational programming, legislative updates, newsletters, networking opportunities, business to business referrals, community-wide promotions, group healthcare coverage at reduced rates, a worker's compensation pool, and cooperative purchasing for various products and services. Answers general questions about the Middlefield area for businesses and individuals considering moving there.
Provides business retention and marketing activities to maintain stable climate for small businesses in the area. Provides training and business technical assistance as participants in the Neighborhood Main Street Initiative.
Provides start-up and operating assistance to business owners located in or wanting to locate in the service area. Services include marketing of retail space, promoting local events and business features, merchant peer groups, business improvement practice guidance, and referrals to other development support services