Resources

City of Cottage Grove
City manager 541-942-5501
Economic Development 541-942-2411
Fire Department 541-942-4493
Planning and Development 541-942-3340
Police Department 541-942-9145
Public Works Department 541-942-3349

Lane County Resources
Lane County – http://www.co.lane.or.us
Lane Council of Governments – www.lcolg.org
Lane Metro Partnership – http://lanemetro.com
Entrepreneurial Development Services (eDev) – http://www.edev.org

Education & Workforce Development
Lane Community College (LCC)
U of O Center for Law and Entrepreneurship
Lane Workforce Partnership – http://www.laneworkforce.org
South Lane School District – http://www.slane.k12.or.us

State Resources
Business Oregon – http://www.oregon4biz.com
Oregon Economic Development Department – www.econ.state.or.us
Oregon Secretary of State – http://www.sos.state.or.us
Oregon Department of Revenue - http://www.oregon.gov
Oregon Prospector- Business Listing Site – http://www.oregonprospector.com
Oregon Small Business Development Center (The BizCenter) - http://www.bizcenter.org
Oregon Micro Enterprise Network (OMEN) - http://oregon-microbiz.org

Federal Resources
Bureau of Labor & Industries – 917-673-0761
Small Business Administration (SBA) – http://www.sba.gov

US Department of Commerce
Economic Development – 503-326-3078
International Trade Administration – 503-326-6351
US Department of Agriculture – 541-750-7051

Small Business
LCC Small Business Development Center-http://www.lanebdc.com
Small Business Help -http://www.businessownersideacafe.com
Resources from Business - http://businessknowhow.com
SBA Women’s Business Center – http://www.onlinewbc.org
Office of Minority, Women, and Emerging Small Business – http://egov.oregon.gov/DCBS/OMWESB
Advantages of a LLC – http://mycorporation.com/llcadv.htm
Service Corps of Retired Executive (Score) – http://www.score.org

Entrepreneur Support
Check List for Starting a Business – http://app1.sba.gov/survey/checklist
eDev - http://www.edev.org
SBA Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs – http://www.sba.gov/50plusentrepreneur
Free entrepreneur’s guide – http://myownbusiness.org

Business Plan Help
Business Plan Pro – http://www.paloalto.com/ps/bp/samples.cfm
Business Plans – http://bplans.com
Good-To-Go Business Plans - http://www.goodtogobizplans.com
Interactive Business Planner – http://www.cbsc.org/ibp/home_en.cfm
SBA -Business Plan Basics - http://sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html

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   Dee Robertson Phillips says:

   January 7, 2010 at 12:42 pm

   This truly is the best, most complete list of business resources I have ever seen. I spend a lot of time surfing the web for business resources and have yet to find a site as thorough and informative as this one. Thanks for the amazing list!