Useful Links
- Michigan Business One Stop (a comprehensive site to answer all your questions)
- Business Connect Tool Kit (Initiatives for Michigan Business) Business Development and Counseling: (resources and counseling requests)
- Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center (MI-sbTdc)
- NLEA-InsYght Portal (connect to over 2,000 public, private and non-profit organizations and services)
Business Education Offerings: (brush up on your skills, or learn a new one)
- Northwestern Michigan College - Extended Education Classes
- Northwestern Michigan College - On-line Curriculum
- North Central Michigan College - Institute for Business and Industry Training (IBIT)
- Waganakising Odawa Career and Technical Education Program (WOCTEP)
Business and Economic Development Organizations:
- Northwest Michigan Industrial Association (NWMIA)
- Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC)
- Michigan Economic Developers Association (MEDA)
Michigan State University:
- Product Center (business innovation in agriculture, food and natural resources)
- MSU Extension - Antrim County
- MSU Extension - Charlevoix County
- MSU Extension - Cheboygan County
- MSU Extension - Emmet County
SCORE Business Counseling: (free and confidential)
- Tip of the Mitt Chapter (Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet Counties)
- Traverse City Chapter (Antrim County)
Grants: (find and apply for federal grants)
State of Michigan Sites:
- Michigan DNRE (Department of Natural Resources and Environment)
- Michigan State Housing Development Authority
- Michigan Department of Transportation
- Michigan Legislature (keep up to date on legislative activity)
Federal Agency Sites:
- Small Business Administration (your small business resource)
- USDA Rural Development (committed to the future of rural communities)
Diversification for Michigan Manufacturers:
Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTAC): (government contracting)
- Traverse City office - serving Antrim, Charlevoix & Emmet Counties
- Onaway office - serving Cheboygan County
Chambers of Commerce:
- Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce
- Charlevoix Area Chamber of Commerce
- Cheboygan Area Chamber of Commerce
- East Jordan Area Chamber of Commerce
- Elk Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Mackinaw Area Chamber of Commerce
- Harbor Springs Area Chamber of Commerce
- Indian River Chamber of Commerce
- Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce
Misc.
- NorthSky Nonprofit Network
- UpNorth Business News
- RETAP (free onsite energy efficiency and waste assessments)
- Office of Regulatory Reinvention (reduce unnecessary/burdensome rules that limit economic growth)