Areas Served: Jackson County ECIA Business Growth, Inc. operates the Jackson County Revolving Loan Fund. The primary purpose of this program is to promote the expansion of Jackson County, Iowa businesses and to create jobs. Guidelines:n- Targets manufacturing and service industriesn- Goal of one F.T.E. job created/retained for each $50,000 lentn- Limited strictly to projects
Read MoreAreas Served: Statewide Louisiana The State of Louisiana offers several small business loan programs. Small Business Loan Program The Small Business Loan program provides loan guarantees and participations to banks in order to facilitate capital accessibility for businesses. The program’s purpose is to provide financial assistance, which will help with the development, expansion and retention
Read MoreA revolving loan fund (RLF), sometimes referred to as a microloan program, is a pool of money where loans are made and the repayments are returned and lent out again, which then allows for other similar investments. For our purposes, we are looking at a revolving loan fund focused on small businesses. There are thousands of low-interest, small
Read MoreAreas Served: Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, McCurtain, Pittsburg, LeFlore, Latimer, Pushmataha and Hughes Counties. The purpose of the USDA Intermediary Relending Program (IRP) is to alleviate poverty and increase economic activity and employment in the Oklahoma rural counties of Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, McCurtain, Pittsburg, LeFlore, Latimer, Pushmataha and Hughes. Under the IRP
Read MoreAreas Served: Leelanau County The Leelanau County, Michigan EDC seeks to increase the diversification of the existing economic base by providing employers with loans for business start-ups and expansions and assist with the development of new facilities. Eligibility: Available funds will be lent out primarily, but not exclusively, to manufacturing companies, commercial businesses and tourism
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