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SBA Start Up Guide
SBA Start up Guide This comprehensive and easy to use interactive tool from the Small Business Administration includes numerous electronic links for additional information with many supporting resources to help you start a successful business.

Ohio Business Gateway Starting a Business
Ohio Business Gateway Starting a Business State of Ohio filing requirements, registering your business, hiring, sites, and permits and licenses.

1st Stop Business Connection
Complete six simple steps to create a business information kit which you can immediately download. Your FREE business information kit from the Ohio Department of Development will contain the basics all business must know and the state-level regulations and forms specifically for your business.

Ohio Small Business Development Center
Ohio Small Business Development Center Business Basics workshops offered monthly in Erie County. Contact Bill Auxter at the Kern Center at Terra Community College.

Business Consultants
Area business consultants experienced in working with Small Businesses

SCORE
Headquartered in Norwalk, SCORE serves Erie County and counselors will meet with clients locally.

Basic Resources
Basic State and Local Small Business Resources

Ohio Statistics
The Office of Policy Research and Strategic Planning

Factsheets from OSU Extension
OhiolineBusiness factsheets from the Business section of Ohioline. Ohio State University Extension is committed to ensuring all citizens have access to its research-based information.

Huron Township Building Department
Huron Township Building Departmentis certified by the Ohio Board of Building Standards to enforce the Ohio Building Code and the Ohio Residential Code within our jurisdictional boundaries and within our contracted jurisdictions. Contract Jurisdictions include: City of Huron (residential, commercial, and zoning) Margaretta Township (residential and commercial) Milan Village (residential and commercial) Oxford Township (residential and commercial) Berlin Heights Village (residential and commercial) Castalia Village (residential and commercial) Groton Township (commercial only)