Portage County Office of Economic Development
Ravenna, Ohio 44266
Phone: (330) 297-3470
E-Mail
Economic development financing, investment and job creation tax credits, industrial sites, industrial buildings, enterprise zones and county demographics.

Northeast Ohio Trade & Economic Consortium (NEOTEC)
Foreign Trade Zones and Northeast Ohio Logistics information
Ron DeBarr, President & CEO
Neotec
Kent State University Administrative Services Bldg.
Kent, Ohio 44242 USA
E-Mail

International Trade Assistance Center
Kimberly Holizna, Directory
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242-0001
Phone: (330) 672-4081
Fax: (330) 672-2259
E-Mail
The International Trade Assistance Center, ITAC, provides services to small and medium size businesses that are new to export or want to expand export activity.

Portage Workforce Connection
1081 West Main Street
Ravenna, OH 44266-1207
Phone: (330) 296-2841
Portage Workforce Connection provies information and services related to employment, labor market, training, careers, community services, job fairs and recruitment assistance for businesses.

Post Offices - Aurora
(330) 562-7505

Aurora Memorial Library
(330) 562-7505

Record Publishing - Aurora Advocate
(330) 688-0088
Call for a free new business write up.

Secretary of State - J. Kenneth Blackwell
Business services - start up business information, document authentication, election services - register to vote, notary commission, trademark information are just a few of the services this site offers.

http://www.ccr.gov/
The US Small Business Administration, the Department of Defense, the Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration have taken steps to simplify the federal contracting process by creating an integrated database of small businesses that want to do business with the government.

Ohio Department of Development's 1st Stop Business Connection
77 S. High St. 28th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43216
(800) 248-4040
The 1st Stop Business Connection, formery the One-Stop Business Permit Center, provides FREE state-level information needed to get started or continue on your entrepreneurial journey. You will be guided through six simple steps to create a business information kit. Then, you can immediately download your kit or have it e-mailed to you.

Kent/Portage Small Business Development Center
College of Business Administration, Room 306
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242
(330) 672-1275
The Kent/Portage Small Business Development Center offers support, training and resources for new and existing small businesses.

Small Business Administration - Get Information on starting or expanding a business

JumpStart is a business development organization that identifies and invests in early-stage companies that have strong potential in the marketplace, solid prospects for high growth, and are likely to qualify for later-stage funding. Beyond investing, the JumpStart team provides a continuum of business development services to its client companies to help ensure their success.

Corporate Social Responsibility Resource Center for Business Ethics
Global Business Responsibility Resource Center provies corporate social responsibility reports on business ethics, the environment, corporate citizenship, human rights, and workplace issues.

http://www.ohio.gov/
Click on Ohio Business Gateway for information to start a business. Forms and checklists

http://www.morebusiness.com/
A free newsletter, articles that are truly helpful, templates & tools and more! For the struggling Small Business owner to the one who sees a rough patch ahead, this site can help make your path a little smoother.

http://www.allbusiness.com/
This site offers comprehensive overview of business information. Has links, covering buying, selling a business, sales strategies, customer service, email marketing, to name a few of the services. Samples of contracts, checklists, forms and letters.

http://www.ohiobusinessvotes.com/
Great information voting? Legislative directory, election issues, district maps, etc.

http://www.corporateinformation.com/
Need info on a private company? This is a great starting point. It offers information on more than 150,000.