Economic & Business Development Resources

Bid4Michigan
Companies interested in doing business with the State will have access to all State Department and many Community College bid information from this website.  This system provides instant access to all of our Bids, RFI's, RFP's, Quotes, Addenda and Awards online.

Buy Michigan First
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm initiated Buy Michigan First to encourage Michigan businesses, including underrepresented vendor groups, to register with the State as vendors and bid on more more than 1,100 contract opportunities worth billions of dollars. 

Center for Empowerment & Economic Development
The Center for Empowerment and Economic Development is committed to empowering women and minorities economically through business development training, vendor certification, business-to-business networking and accessible capital assistance programs.

Dearborn Community & Economic Development
The mission of the Economic and Community Development Department of the City of Dearborn is to stabilize and enhance the tax base and maintain and enhance the quality of life by: Fostering continued economic development, redevelopment and reuse of commercial and industrial sites, facilities and districts; Assisting in the financing of public and private capital improvement projects; Improving the housing stock and neighborhoods; and, Promoting improvement of the human environment.

Import/Export Assistance
The U.S. Commercial Service offers valuable assistance to help U.S. business export goods and services to markets worldwide. Over 1800 trade professionals worldwide work in 107 different U.S. cities and overseas in over 78 countries to serve your export interests.

Michigan Advantage
The Michigan Advantage brings together everything enterprising individuals and businesses are looking for.  Click here to learn more about the start up business exemptions.

Michigan - Business & Economic Growth
Visit this site for up to the minute business news for the state of Michigan.

PTACS of Michigan, Inc.
The Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) of Michigan are not-for-profit organizations funded by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and local funding partners. The PTACs support our national security by ensuring a broad base of capable suppliers for the defense industry and other agencies, thereby increasing competition, which supports better products and services at lower costs. The mission of the Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs) of Michigan is to enhance national defense and economic development of the State of Michigan by assisting Michigan businesses in obtaining and performing on federal, state and local government contracts.

SEMCOG
SEMCOG is the premier resource for data about Southeast Michigan. They gather and analyze information for public and private sector decision on regional planning issues in the areas of transportation, the environment, community and economic development, demographics, land use, and intergovernmental cooperation.

Small Business Association of Michigan
The Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) focuses the buying power, political power and shared resources of thousands of small businesses to help you achieve more than you could on your own.

Michigan Small Business and Technology Development Center (MI-SBTDC)
The MI-SBTDC provides extensive services to both new and existing businesses including: business consulting, training and market research assistance.  All services are at no cost except for selected low-cost training programs. The MI-SBTDC in Wayne County is hosted by Eastern Michigan University and is partially supported by grants from the US SBA and the Michigan Economic Development Corp.

Wayne County Economic Development
Visit this site for development programs, statistics, quality of like information, transportation information and newsletters regarding county initiatives.

Wayne County Four Star Health program
Four Star is a community based not-for-profit organization developed to provide affordable, basic health coverage. Four Star is an employer sponsored program for low and moderate income uninsured employees in Wayne County.

Wayne County TURBO/Land Bank Program
The Land Bank is a governmental authority whose purpose is to manage abandoned, underutilized, or blighted property and turn it into a productive use.

YourEconomy.org is an interactive resource center that allows users to explore economic activity in their own communities — and across the country. YourEconomy provides detailed information about the performance of businesses from a national to a local perspective.

U.S. Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.

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East Dearborn Downtown Development Authority

West Dearborn Downtown Development Authority