Mercer County offers a wide variety of incentives to existing and new companies. Some of those include: tax abatement, the largest revolving loan fund in the state with a portfolio of over $8,600,000, machinery, equipment, tax credit, regional 166 loan program and infrastructure growth.
Links
Ohio Department of Development: www.odod.state.oh.us
Employment Opportunities: www.workinged.com
Wright State University Business Enterprises Center: www.wright.edu/lake/beyond/bec.html
Mercer County Economic Development: www.mercercountyed.com
OSU Extension: http://mercer.osu.edu/
Village of Rockford: www.rockfordohio.org
Rockford Carnegie Library: www.rockford.lib.oh.us/
The Library of Congress offers the “Ask a Librarian” service: www.loc.gov/rr/askalib
The U.S. Department of Labor offers a wealth of information on inflation, consumer spending, wages, earnings, benefits, demographics, industry trends, and safety and health issues, among other topics:
http://stats.bls.gov/
The Business Research Lab offers research information and survey tips: www.busreslab.com
The Center for Women’s Business Research offers research information specific to female-owned businesses: www.nfwbo.org
grow NOW Growing Ohio Small Business. Now. www.grownow.ohio.gov
Did You Know?
The date January 17, 1902 can be referred to as the birthday of the Rockford Library. The Rockford Carnegie Library is a wonderful resource for information.
