Resources: Business Development

Need help with business development and planning?

• Chemeketa Small Business Development Center

• McMinnville Economic Development Partnership

• SCORE (Free business planning tools)
• Secretary of State office (Register your business)
• MERIT (For home business or micro start-ups)
• Dayton Community Development Association

Need workforce or workforce training information/assistance?

• Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership
• Workforce Investment Board (Job Growers)
• MWHPC Mid-Willamette High Performance Consortia

Need education information/assistance?

• Chemeketa Community College
• George Fox University
• Linfield College
• Portland Community College

Need help finding funding?

• Oregon Capital Access Team
• Regional Small Business Finance Resources
• Business Oregon Finance Programs

Need help with permitting and licensing?

• Yamhill County Planning Department
• City Planning Department (per municipality, please visit appropriate city’s website in right column)

Questions about utilities?

• McMinnville Water & Light
• Portland General Electric
• Pacific Power
• Northwest Natural Gas
• Online Northwest
• Frontier
• Western Oregon Waste
• Waste Management
• Wastewater Treatment (per municipality, please visit appropriate city’s website in right column)

Yamhill County Strategic Plan