Ohio Department of Development Director Mihalik and Scott Ryan, Chief of Community Engagement, came to Sandusky County to recognize Fremont-Sandusky County on being named the #7 top Micropolitan in the US.

The team also held a roundtable discussion with several community partners on the success and challenges in the County over the past year.

On Thursday, April 20th the SCEDC along with our Business Advisory Council partners including Vanguard Sentinel Career & Technology Centers and OhioMeansJobs Sandusky County, held the annual Sandusky County High School Student Job Fair at Vanguard. Over 180 students from throughout Sandusky County were able to shake hands, provide resumes and interview with 29 area employers from all industries

Terra State Unveils Expanded Welding Lab

Terra State Community College officially opened its expanded welding lab on Friday, April 14th. Last year, Autokiniton reached out to Terra State and said they had 125 new employees who needed welding training. Terra State only had so much room in the welding lab, so it doubled capacity with this new facility. The $300,000 project will allow for more professionals to receive training and more students to receive their industry recognized certificate. Congratulations to Terra State Community College!

Governor Announces $2.9 Million in Federal Funding to Strengthen Emergency Preparedness, Enhance Behavioral Health Response Following Traumatic Events

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced that the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) has been awarded nearly $2.9 million in federal funding from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to help state officials meet the behavioral health needs of citizens affected by traumatic events such as natural disasters, mass shootings, and other large-scale man-made and terrorist events.

OhioMHAS will use the funding to help establish necessary statewide and local partnerships, policies, procedures, and protocols that create the systemic changes necessary to immediately deploy essential behavioral health supports and resources in every community across the state in the aftermath of tragedies. Plans include development and enhancement of multidisciplinary mobile crisis teams that can be deployed rapidly 24/7, anywhere in the state for swift crisis support and response in providing care in the immediate days, weeks and months after a traumatic event.

This additional federal funding comes nearly a week after OhioMHAS was awarded a $209,402 federal Supplemental Emergency Response grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to help meet the immediate and ongoing behavioral health needs of the East Palestine community.

Click here to learn more about Ohio’s behavioral health emergency preparedness efforts.

National Small Business Week

The US Small Business Administration shines a spotlight on our nation's 33 million small businesses. National Small Business Week includes events and a FREE educational virtual summit, which will cover a variety of business topics to help you start or grow a business. You can also follow the conversation on social media with hashtag, #SmallBusinessWeek.

May 2-3, 2023

Construction Safety for Small Business Success

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

3:30pm

Starting or Growing a Veteran-Owned Small Business

Thursday, May 4, 2023

8:30a.m.

Government Contracting Series: How to Do Business With US Customs and Border Protection

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

10:00a.m.

Opportunities in Contracting: HUD Section 3 & Other Considerations

Thursday, May 18, 2023

9:00a.m.

Introduction to Selling to the Federal Government

Friday, May 19, 2023

10:00a.m.

Government Contracting Series: How to do business with the Internal Revenue Service

Wednesday, May 14, 2023

9:00a.m.

SBDC - Small Business Basics Seminar

The Small Business Development Center's Small Business Basics seminar is free for anyone who wants to start, buy, or expand a small business.

SizeUp Sandusky County

Search SizeUp and gain instant access to local & sector-specific data, allowing you to make informed business decisions. Explore suppliers and competition, ways to optimize your marketing, key demographics, and customers. This software is free to use and available any time on the SCEDC's website.

Small Biz Blitz

The SCEDC is committed to expanding our small business engagement to ensure small businesses have the tools needed for success to grow our entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Small Biz Blitz is an abbreviated version of our Business Retention and Expansion visits.

The "Small Biz Blitz" stops take approximately 15 minutes, and include some Q&A followed by a picture with the group. This information is then shared on the SCEDC's social media pages so our following can learn more about you and your small business.

There is not a cost to participate.

We would love to visit your business in 2023!

Veteran Small Business Certification Program

Attention Veterans! SBA is now accepting applications for the Veteran Small Business Certification program. Through this new program, certified veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can compete for set-aside government contracts. The program will be SBA's primary certification vehicle for all veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, important classifications that enable those businesses to qualify for sole-source and set-aside federal contracting awards.

Helping Our Community's Small Businesses & Startups Learn and Grow

The Business Resource Center is a one-stop call center to guide area businesses and new business start-ups to a range of resources and continuous learning programs available to help members of our community to advance business knowledge and skills.