Tag: Main Street

Meet the Main Street Grant Navigators

Need help with your application for the Main Street Grant? Not sure if you qualify? Our navigators are dedicated professionals with the knowledge to assist you.

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Small Business Development Center
Mark W. Thein
Address: 211 First Street SW, Suite 600
Phone: 507-738-1002
Email: [email protected]
Website: rochestersbdc.com
Hours of operation: 
M-F 8:00 am to 5 pm

The SBDC offers at no cost, confidential consulting to help businesses in SE Minnesota identify, understand and overcome the challenges of starting a business, running a successful business, and developing exit strategies. We provide the professional expertise and guidance that every small business owner needs to flourish in today’s competitive and ever-changing business world. We do not lend money to small businesses, however we work with the business owners and financial institutions to prepare documentation that lenders require for business loans.

SBDC’s mission is to represent the collective interest of our members by promoting, informing, supporting and continuously improving the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network, which delivers nationwide educational assistance to strengthen small/medium business management, thereby contributing to the growth of local, state and national economies.

Elocina
Tawonda Burks
Address: 1903 S Broadway, Rochester, MN 55904
Phone: 507-206-6344
Email: [email protected]
Website: elocina.com
Hours of operation:
M-F 9:00 am  – 7:00 pm
SAT – Appointment only 
SUN – CLOSED

We offer small business start-up consulting services that enable entrepreneurs to work with our business experts as we build key foundational business structures or products for you. This strengthens your business from the start and less assumptions are made for your business. At ELOCINA, we have the knowledge required for the specific task and we’re ready to help you start your small business.

Whether you are looking for consulting services to help you start, allowing us to create a powerful business or strategic plan, or seeking our assistance in helping you build your personal or business credit, we are here to assist you along the way.

Delalight Consulting LLC
Klark Alomassor
Phone: 507-319-7644
Email: [email protected]
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At DelaLight Consulting LLC, we collaborate with you through your entrepreneurial journey to build a sustainable business. We collaborate with you to make sure that your goals and objectives are met with strategic and innovative approach. We provide a comprehensive range of business solutions that are efficient. From finance to business our collaborative approach can transform your business and its operations. We are ready to partner with you to help ensure your success.

Collider
Amanda Leightner and Manasseh Kambaki
Address: 221 1st Ave SW, Suite 202, Rochester, MN 55902
Phone: 507-722-0306
Email: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
Website: collider.mn
Hours of operation: 
M-F 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Collider activates, connects, and empowers Rochester’s early-stage entrepreneurs and small businesses with 1:1 ecosystem navigation, education, space, and storytelling to help foster an inclusive, diverse, and healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem. We believe that entrepreneurship should be accessible to EVERYONE in Rochester.

We believe there should be zero barriers to entrepreneurship for everyone in Rochester with a great idea and a passion to see it grow.

About the Main Street Grant Program

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Rochester: One of America’s most livable cities?

6Z8C4133This week’s DMC blog content focused on “Livable City” – one of 7 areas of focus for DMC.

For many Rochester residents, high speed rail connecting Rochester and the Twin Cities, more street markets and performing arts venues are key components to a livable downtown. In this featured article, Freiburg, Germany has been named the world’s most livable city. The article highlights the city’s components of a livable city:

1. Development of Pedestrian Zone
2. Transportation Planning
3. Farmers’ Market
4. Festivals and Street Entertainers
5. Renewable energy, solar industry, photo-voltaics, and water quality
6. Design of a new urban neighborhood

In this article, Travel and Leisure highlights America’s greatest main streets. They all have things in common. They’re smaller communities – no major metropolitan areas. They place emphasis and value on features such as walkability, community-based businesses, architecture and vibrancy.

Clicking through both articles inspires many ideas for Rochester’s future. What are your thoughts? Share some of the ways you feel Rochester could become a more livable city in the comments section below.