STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
The Abilities Fund
Centerville Office
410 N 18th St
Centerville, IA 52544-1823
Telephone: 641-856-2173
Toll Free: 888-222-8943
Fax: 641-856-3101Iowa City Office
332 South Linn Street, Suite #17
Iowa City, IA 52240
Telephone: 319-338-2521
Toll Free: 866-720-3863
Fax: 319-338-2528
URL: http://www.abilitiesfund.org/"This summer The Abilities Fund, together with a national lending partner, will launch a nationwide direct loan program for entrepreneurs with disabilities. In 45 states, loan guarantees will also be available to as a means to secure loans for entrepreneurs. Flexible terms and competitive interest rates for microloans ranging from $500 - $25,000 will be offered.
In support of new microlending services, The Abilities Fund will be expanding its online presence to include training and technical assistance. Soon, people with disabilities nationwide will have 24-hour access to features such as Feasibility First ©, business plan development, and financial planning for business startup -- all of which are resources designed to prepare entrepreneurs with disabilities for self-employment."
Albina Community Bank - Fresh-Start Revolving Loan Fund
2002 NE Martin Luther King Blvd., Portland OR 97212
Phone: (503) 288-7295
Fax: (503) 287-1501
URL: http://www.albinabank.com"The Fresh-Start Revolving Loan Fund accelerates the redevelopment of N/NE Portland while ensuring that low and middle income families, and small business owners, share in the community's economic upturn."
Association of Community Development Organizations (AOCDO)
1020 SW Taylor St., Suite 542, Portland, OR 97205
Phone: (503) 223-4041
Fax: (541) 223-3845
URL: http://www.aocdo.org/index.cfm"The Association of Oregon Community Development Organization (AOCDO) is a statewide nonprofit organization supporting community development corporations, and nonprofit developers of affordable housing around Oregon committed to improving the quality of life and living conditions of poor families across the state."
Business Enterprise Center of Linn & Benton Counties, Inc.
800 NW Starker Avenue, Corvallis OR 97330-4508
Phone: (541) 758-4009 voice
Fax: (541) 758-7319 FAX
E-mail: thebec@thebec.com
URL: http://www.thebec.com/aboutus.html"The mission of the Business Enterprise Center is to stimulate and support the development of emerging businesses resulting in the creation of jobs in Linn and Benton Counties."
Cascades West Financial Services, Inc.
URL: http://www.cascadeswest.com/
- ALBANY OFFICE:
1400 Queen Ave S.E., Suite 205C, PO Box 686, Albany, OR 97321
Phone: (541) 924-8442
Toll free: (877) 794-6607
Fax: (541) 967-4651- SALEM OFFICE:
105 High St SE, Salem, OR 97301
Phone: (503) 588-6177
Fax: (503) 588-6094- EUGENE OFFICE:
99 E Broadway STE 400, Eugene, OR 97401-3111
Fax: (541)682-4099"Cascades West Financial Services is a private non-profit SBA Certified Development Company. We provide financial and technical assistance to small businesses located within our designated service area. Cascades West Financial Services is the largest Oregon based certified development company, participating in SBA's Accredited Lenders and Certified Closing Programs. This special status allows us to quickly process complex commercial loan transactions."
Central Oregon Community Action Agency Network
2303 SW First St, Redmond, OR 97756
Phone: (541) 548-2380 ext. 102
Fax: (541) 548-6013
URL: http://www.cocaan.org/"The Central Oregon Action Agency Network (COCAAN) was created in 1985 to speak out for and serve the economically disadvantaged citizens of the Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties of Central Oregon."
City of Portland Bureau of Housing and Community Development (BHCD)
421 SW 6th AVE Ste 1100a, Portland, OR97204-1614
Phone: (503) 823-2384
Fax: (503) 823-2387
URL: http://www.ci.portland.or.us/bhcd"The BHCD is an administrator of Federal Community Block Grant funds. They fund Neighborhood Pride Team, Mercy Corps' Portland Entrepreneur Initiative, Contractor Support Program of the Housing Development Center, and the Business Outreach Program of Portland State University's School of Business."
City of Portland - Portwide Small Business Development Program
8932 North Woolsey Avenue, Portland, OR 97203
Phone: (503) 802-8354
Fax: (503) 802-8361
URL: http://www.flypdx.com/SROS_SB_Home.aspx"As part of the Port of Portland´s commitment to working with community stakeholders using fair and open decision making processes, the Port is developing a Portwide Small Business Development Program. The program is guided by our mission statement, 'To increase local small business participation in Port of Portland projects and procurements through the integration of a Portwide process to develop and grow mutually beneficial business relationships with local small businesses.'"
Differently-Abled Business Association
2240 N. Interstate Avenue, Suite 140, Portland, Oregon 97227
Phone: (503) 998-9560
Fax: (503) 998-961-8489
URL: http://www.DBAofPortland.org
Email: info@DBAofPortland.org"The vision of DBA director Kedma Ough, MBA is to create an organiztion that will operate as a trade Assocaiton in support of entrepreneurs and buisness owners with disabilities. DBA offers an array of membership services, benefits, training, trade shows and networking opportunities."
Incubator Creative Group
Artist Relations Division:
The Santa Clara Business Square
Post Office Box 40007, Santa Clara, OR 97404-0002
Phone: (541) 998-2470
Fax: (541) 998-7929
E-mail: info@incubatoronline.com ,
URL: http://www.incubatoronline.com/"Incubator Creative Group is an innovative and unique music industry incubator established in 1990. Focusing exclusively in the contemporary Christian music genre (ccm), ICG offers a proven systems-based structure for emerging artists to launch and develop their regional and national music businesses. Offering support in the areas of mission development, funding, promotions, songwriting, booking and recording, ICG leads as gospel music's only established incubator organization."
Lane Community College Business Development Center Lane MicroBusiness
1445 Williamette Street, Eugene, OR 97401
Phone: (541) 726-2255
Fax: (541) 686-0096
URL: http://www.LaneBDC.com
"The SBDC supports the local small business community through educational services. Lane MicroBusiness, new in 1998, was created to help microentrepreneurs develop and improve their business skills, manage the growth and profitablity of their business ventures, and improve self-sufficiency."
ONABEN - A Native American Business Network
11825 SW Greenburg Road, Suite B-3, Tigard, OR 97223
Phone: (503) 968-1500 or (800) 854-8289
Fax: (503) 968-1548
URL: http://www.onaben.org/"ONABEN is a non-profit, public-benefit corporation created by Northwest Indian Tribes to increase the success of private businesses owned by Native Americans. ONABEN offers training and support focused on developing entrepreneurship in Indian communities. ONABEN’s program is available to any Native American (regardless of tribe) wherever he or she lives in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, or Northern California."
Oregon Association Of Minority Entrepreneurs
4134 N. Vancouver, Portland, Oregon 97217
Phone: (503) 249-7744
Fax: (503) 249-2027
E-mail: oame@uswest.net
URL: http://www.oame.org/"The Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (OAME) is one of the premier organizations in the United States providing outstanding services to minority, women and emerging small businesses. OAME was a winner of the 2000 vision award for excellence given by the Small Business Administration . OAME is a non-profit, tax exempt organization formed to promote and develop entrepreneurship and economic development for ethnic minorities in the State of Oregon. OAME works as a partnership between ethnic minorities, entrepreneurs, education, government and established corporate businesses."
Oregon BizCenter Home
Oregon Small Business Development Center Network Office
99 W. 10th Ave., #390, Eugene, Oregon 97401
Phone: (541) 463-5250
URL: http://www.bizcenter.org/"Statewide, the BizCenter network offers hundreds of workshops and seminars each year. Attended by thousands of people, our workshops and seminars are geared for anyone in management and/or supervisory positions. Workshop topics range from opening a new business to getting out of business; from finding new markets to cash flow concerns. We offer a wide variety of customized workshops covering more specialized topics -- each hosted by a specific BizCenter location."
Oregon Economic and Community Development Department
775 Summer Street, NE, Salem, OR 97310
Phone: (503) 986-0123 or (800) 233-3306
Small Business Advocate--(503) 986-0057
E-mail: bill.h.buckley@state.or.us
URL: http://econ.oregon.gov/"As a state agency, our mission is to work with local communities and industries to provide "more and better jobs for Oregonians." Our focus is on the "better," the creation of jobs that pay better, provide long-term opportunities and maintain our quality of life."
Business Financial Services
URL: http://econ.oregon.gov/ECDD/finance.shtmlOregon Microenterprise Network
1020 SW Taylor St, Suite 315, Portland, OR 97205
Phone: 503-546-9913
Fax: 503-808-9031
E-mail: info@oregon-microbiz.org
URL: http://oregon-microbiz.org"The Oregon Microenterprise Network (OMEN) is a statewide association of microenterprise development programs and their supporters. These programs provide training, lending and other enterprise opportunities to entrepreneurs with limited access to economic resources."
- Oregon Microenterprise Development Resource Guide 2005 - 2006 (PDF file; 78 pages)
URL: http://oregon-microbiz.org/docs/member_directory.pdf"This is a directory of organizations that provide and/or support microenterprise development service to low or very low entrepreneurs in Oregon."
Oregon Self Employment Assistance (SEA) Program
URL: http://www.oregon.gov/EMPLOY/ES/other_programs.shtml"The Oregon Self Employment Assistance (SEA) Program helps eligible unemployed workers set up a business on a full time basis and still receive full unemployment benefits."
RiverFront Research Park
1276 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1276
Phone: (541) 346-5164
Fax: (541) 346-6197
E-mail: dwiley@oregon.uoregon.edu
URL: http://researchpark.uoregon.edu/"The Riverfront Research Park project is a cooperative effort of the University of Oregon and private developers to build a university-related research park on a State-owned site adjacent to the University campus on the south bank of the Willamette River."
Saturday Market
76 West Broadway, Eugene, OR 97401
Phone: (541) 686-8885
Fax: (541) 431-4912
URL: http://www.eugenesaturdaymarket.org/"To conduct a weekly, low-cost, easily accessible marketplace for artisans and other home producers."
Small Business Guide for Oregon
URL: http://www.filinginoregon.com/obg/Southern Oregon Women's Access to Credit (SOWAC)
33 North Central, Suite 209, Medford, OR 97501
Phone: (541) 779-3992
Fax: (541) 779-5195
E-mail: sowac@sowac.org
URL: http://www.sowac.org/Founded in 1990, SOWAC provides business training, mentoring and financing services for women and men with barriers. From 1993 through mid-1997, SOWAC enrolled 288 students in its training program and helped in the startup or expansion or over 65 businesses in Jackson and Josephine counties. In 1996-97, SOWAC also piloted its services to low-income Hispanic entrepreneurs and very rural entrepreneurs. Training graduates may apply to SOWAC's Mentor Program to receive assistance from an experienced person who volunteers expertise over a six month period, and/or for a SOWAC business loan of up to $25,000. SOWAC is funded by the SBA Office of Women Business Ownership, private foundations, client fees, interest income and local contributions.
Trillium Artisans
9119 Southeast Foster Road, Portland OR 97266
Phone: (503) 775-7993
Fax: (503) 775-7951
URL: http://www.trilliumartisans.org"Trillium Artisans transforms reclaimed materials into beautiful handmade products to cultivate Outer Southeast Portland's economy and restore the environment. ... Trillium Artisans is rebuilding this site. We have more beautiful products than ever- all handmade by local artisans ...
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