STATE & REGIONAL RESOURCES
Much like most economic development organizations, Grow Piqua Now's success cormes from the close working relationship it has with local and regional ecomomic development partners. These organizations provide key resources to Grow Piqua Now in it's efforts to attract new investment, retain existing compancies, advocate on behalf of our local businesses, and help entrepreneurs and small businesses grow in our community.
Ohio Business Development Coalition
The Ohio Business Development Coalition is a state-wide non-profit orgnaization, funded from both private and public sources, charged with developing and executing a targeted, proactive sales and marketing strategy to position Ohio for agressive competition for business investment and expansion opportunities. The primary objective of the Ohio Business Development Council is provide the Ohio Department of Development, the state's regional economic development organizations and community-based Chambers of Commerce both qualified leads and effective tools to retain and expand Ohio companies, and attract new compaines to Ohio.
Dayton Development Coalition
The Dayton Development Coalition is the regional economic development and advocacy orgnaization whose mission is to support job creation and prosperity for teh citizens of the Dayton Region. Working as a public-private partnerhsip, the coalition is growing the Dayton Region and helping transform the Miam Valley into one of teh most livable regions in the United States. the organization focuses on business attraction and marketing, strategic retention of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the region's defense installations, growth initiatives for the region's entrepreneurs and small businsses and advocacy for state and federal support of regional projects.
Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce
The Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce is an integral part of Grow Piqua Now's efforts to make our community a better place to live and transact business. The chamber is involved in many community initatives from Leadership program, youth scholarships, commerical beautification efforts, the Piqua Civic Hall of Fame and advocacy work on behalf of members. The chamber also plays an important in adminstering the BusinessFirst! regional retention and expansion program.
Mainstreet Piqua
Mainstreet Piqua, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed in 1993 to lead Piqua's downtown revitalization efforts by creating an attractive, viable downtown environment and by promoting the downtown's unique heritage. The organization's mission is to continue downtown economic development efforts, historically preserve and asethetically enhance the downtown area, promote and market the unique features of downtown and to create an attractive, viable downtown enviornment, and promote the downtown's unique historical assets using the National Main Street Center's Four Point Approach.
Small Business Development Center at Edison Community College
Funded by the Ohio Department of Development and the United States Small Business Administration, the Small Business Development Center at Edison Community College is a regional economic development asset providing free, confidential business development assistance to entrepreneurs and small businesses. In addition to providing business counseling, the Center also provides low or no-cost training on a variety of topics including business start-up, writing a business plan and accessing captial, among others.