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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.
Offers opportunities for community engagement as well as 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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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Chambers of Commerce
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 the Chamber of Commerce for Ross 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, freight delivery discounts, workers’ compensation premium reduction, etc.), and business to business referrals.

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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Chambers of Commerce
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.
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.
Provides services to recruit and keep small business in area business districts. Assists with city permit process and provides organizing assistance to merchants' association. Acts as liaison to neighborhood with business.

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Small Business Development
Business Recruitment and Attraction
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
Provides assistance to businesses looking to locate in the service area through listings of commercial, available rental space.
Provides referrals to local human service organizations, distributes information for newcomers, publishes a bi-monthly newsletter.

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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Chambers of Commerce
Provides advocacy for business in the Greater Port Clinton area and Ottawa County.

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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Chambers of Commerce
Small Business Development
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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Building and Safety
City/County Planning Offices
Zoning
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.
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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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Chambers of Commerce
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
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

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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Supports the attraction, expansion, and retention of local businesses, assures their competitiveness, and helps them remain as assets to the local economy.
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
Encourages new businesses to form in, or relocate to the West Geauga 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.).

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Chambers of Commerce
Business Recruitment and Attraction
Oversees the development and regulation of businesses in Ohio. Encourages new businesses to open or relocate to Ohio. Promotes the creation of small businesses for minorities in Ohio. Regulates and licenses businesses to operate in the state.

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Business Financing
Business Registration/Licensing
Business Recruitment and Attraction
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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Small Business Development
Business Recruitment and Attraction
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
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.
Chamber of Commerce for the Chagrin Valley area. 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, freight delivery discounts, workers’ compensation premium reduction, etc.), and business to business referrals.

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Business Recruitment and Attraction
Chambers of Commerce