Sources of Technical Assistance and Program Information for Economic Development

Contents

• State Programs
• Federal Programs
• Private, Non-profit Programs
• Business Assistance Programs
• MRSC Related Web Pages
  • Funding Sources for Economic Development - Financial Assistance Programs

State Programs

• Office of Community, Trade and Economic Development
• Community Development Programs
• Economic Development - Index of CTED Services
• International Trade - Index of CTED Services
• Travel
• Washington Employment Security Agency Information
• Washington State Department of Transportation
  • Highways and Local Programs
  • Rural Economic Vitality Program

Federal Programs

• Small Business Administration (SBA)
• Economic Development Administration Programs (EDA)
• U.S. Dept. of Commerce - Promotes job creation, economic growth, sustainable development, and improved living standards for all Americans, by working in partnership with business, universities, communities, and workers

Private, Non-profit Programs

• Aspen Institute
  • Economic Opportunities
  • Community Strategies Group
• Community and Economic Development Toolbox - A joint collaboration between Cornell University and Penn State University maintained by the Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI) at Cornell University
• Development - National Association of Regional Councils - Includes community, economic, rural and workforce development
• National Main Street Center
• National Rural Development Partnership (NRDP) - Through 36 State Rural Development Councils and a National Rural Development Council, brings together federal, state, local, and tribal governments, as well as the private for-profit and non-profit sectors, to work in partnership for the improvement of rural America's communities.
• Thriving Hometowns Network - A database of community economic development case studies drawn from small communities (most less than 10,000) maintained by the National Center for Small Communities.

Business Assistance Programs

• Business Finance Unit - Washington State Office of Community, Trade and Economic Development
• Business Resource Index - Access Washington 
• Small Business Resources - University of Washington, Foster Business Library
• Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI)
• Washington Manufacturing Services - Manufacturing Extension Partnership(MEP) linked through the Dept. of Commerce, National Standards Institute of Technology.
• Washington State Technology Center