Area Resources

Here are a list of resources with information about the area and assistance for economic development.

• Ely Chamber of Commerce
• St. Louis County
• Vermilion Community College
• Northeast Entrepreneur Fund - nonprofit organization helping people in the region start, stabilize, or expand small businesses
• University of Minnesota Duluth Center for Economic Development
• Iron Range Resources - state agency helping to advance regional growth
• Blandin Foundation - the state's largest rural-based and rural-focused foundation
• Arrowhead Regional Development Commission - professional planners and project coordinators that help local governments and community-based groups by providing programs, services, and staffing assistance
• Northland Connection - dynamic economic development research tool for expanding or locating businesses in Northeastern Minnesota
• Northspan Group - non-profit organization dedicated to the development and diversification of the economy in the upper Midwest
• Firewise by MN DNR - addresses the risk of homes in the wildland/urban interface to wildland fire