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Commerce City Small Business Loan Fund
Colorado Enterprise Fund administers a loan program on behalf of the City of Commerce City for business loans of up to $500,000 if they have annual gross revenues under $2 million. Businesses can use their loans for working capital, equipment and inventory purchases, property improvements, business purchase and commercial real estate.
Good Business Colorado
A coalition of values-driven businesses that advocate for policies supporting workforce and business growth.
Cash Collateral Support
This credit enhancement helps small and medium-sized businesses in Colorado access loans that they would otherwise not get because they do not have enough collateral.
Colorado Startup Loan Fund
The Colorado Startup Loan Fund provides loan capital to mission-based lenders to provide loans to Colorado entrepreneurs and small business owners needing capital to start, restart, or restructure a business, and those who are not able to obtain a loan from traditional lenders.
State Trade Expansion Program Grant
This grant helps small businesses expand internationally by funding international business development activities.
Minority Business Directory
This directory is Colorado's most comprehensive database of certified minority-owned businesses.
Colorado Green Business Network
The Colorado Green Business Network (CGBN) is a voluntary program that encourages, supports, and rewards organizations that make the move toward the goal of true, operational sustainability.
Commerce City Chamber of Commerce
Provides member services to engage, educate, and advocate for the business community and Commerce City.
U.S. Small Business Administration Women's Business Centers
Women entrepreneurs receive essential business counseling and training from this national network of community-based centers. Each center tailors its services to help navigate the challenges women often face when starting or growing a business.
Commerce City Business Licensing
Every person engaged in business in Commerce City must comply with the city's licensing and tax laws. All businesses are required to obtain a general business license in order to comply with the city's licensing and tax laws.
Register Your Business Name with the State
The first step to registering your business in Colorado is to carry out a name search of all the businesses registered with the Colorado Secretary of State. You can easily do this using the online service the Secretary of State provides. This tool also provides information on trade names, corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, and trademarks filed in the State of Colorado. Most forms can be completed and paid for with a credit card online.
MyBizColorado
MyBizColorado is a great tool to help businesses file taxes and business documents with the state of Colorado: Secretary of State, Department of Revenue, and Department of Labor and Employment.
Obtain Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) from the IRS
All forms of legal structure, except sole proprietors with no employees, must obtain a Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN). The FEIN is your federal tax ID number.
Colorado Enterprise Fund (CEF)
CEF provides fair and flexible loans up to $500,000 to businesses unable to obtain financing from traditional sources. Businesses can use their loans for working capital, equipment, acquisition, and commercial real estate. As a non-profit community lender CEF also provides free business support and coaching to their clients.
Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute (RMMFI)
RMMFI is a community creating economic and social mobility through entrepreneurship. The program provides access to education, mentorship, and microloans to traditionally underserved low-income individuals.
SCORE
SCORE, a resource partner of the SBA, is an 11,000 member nonprofit volunteer organization with 300 chapters throughout the U.S. The program matches experienced volunteers with small businesses that need expert advice. Clients gain access to this knowledge base through one-on-one free mentoring sessions, workshops for individuals just starting out or those already in business and the Small Business Checkup Program for more established businesses.
Colorado Department of Labor & Employment
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) operates a statewide network of Workforce Centers (WCs), providing a number of free employer services, including: screening, referral, mass recruitment, affirmative action hiring, roundtables, and layoff assistance.
Hispanic Contractors of Colorado
Founded in 1990, Hispanic Contractors of Colorado (HCC) is a 501(c)6 nonprofit corporation and professional trade association. Its membership is comprised of general contractors, subcontractors, engineering/design firms, professional services companies, nonprofit members in the construction industry, and public entities. The organization collaborates with other trade associations including ABC, AGC, CABPES, CCA, COMTO, IECRM, NECA, NUCA, and SMACNA. HCC's goal is to help small, diverse contractors understand how to do business with public entities and large corporations.
Rockies Venture Club
Rockies Venture Club connects and educates entrepreneurs and investors. It is one of the most active Angel groups in the country, funding 25-30 companies annually.
Denver Minority Business Development Association (MBDA) Center
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) is the only federal agency created specifically to foster the establishment and growth of minority-owned businesses in America. The Denver MBDA Business Center provides strategic business consulting services to minority-owned business enterprises (MBEs) with $500,000 or more in annual revenue. It helps those businesses secure opportunities and access to resources, generate employment, promote long-term economic growth and stimulate expansion. The MBDA assists MBEs in financing, planning, management, marketing and government and corporate contract opportunities.
City of Commerce City Economic Development Team
The City of Commerce City Economic Development team offers business attraction, retention, expansion, entrepreneurship, small business, data/analytics, and land development support services including managing the City's business incentives program.
AC-Rep
AC-REP's main mission is to champion the businesses of the Greater Adams County Region to enable our entire community to grow, thrive, and reach its full potential. By creating a network of community leaders and businesses, we strengthen our collective position and help people like you create new connections, in turn spawning new business opportunities.
Advanced Industries Collaborative Infrastructure Grant
This grant helps teams of Colorado-based advanced industries technology businesses and nonprofits develop new large-scale projects.
Advanced Industries Investment Tax Credit
This tax credit encourages investments in advanced industries businesses by giving tax credits to investors.
Climber Loan Fund
Colorado Loans to Increase Mainstreet Business Economic Recovery created by HB-20-1413. This is a loan program that was created during the pandemic to assist those businesses impacted by the pandemic. Small businesses interested in getting loan ready can reach out today!
North Metro Denver SBDC
Since 1989, the North Metro Denver Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has been dedicated to helping existing and new businesses grow and prosper by providing free, virtual and in-person, confidential consulting and no- or low-cost training programs.
Adelante Community Development
Primarily comprised of Commerce City's Latino business owners, this organization provides information and assistance to small business owners through workshops and presentations on a variety of topics including employment, insurance, and other business matters.
Colorado Minority Business Office
CMBO offers bilingual consulting services to minority, veteran, and woman-owned businesses. Specifically, the consultants share information on available state, federal and local business certifications and their benefits. The CMBO then advises business owners on how to market as a certified business when bidding for government contracts. Local consultations are held virtually and at the Commerce City Small Business Resource Center, 7270 Monaco St.
Small Business Administration
SBA offers a variety of loan programs for specific purposes. Ask your local business bank about the SBA loans they currently provide.
Advanced Industries Early-Stage Capital and Retention Grant
Funding to support companies using technologies developed in proof of concept grants and other early stage start-ups that have created viable products that meet a market need and that can be created or manufactured in Colorado and exported globally.
CEDS Finance
A variety of small business financing products to help small businesses thrive in today's economy. Loan products can be structured as either an interest-based loan or an Islamic-compliant murabaha (riba-free).
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority
CHFA provides fixed-rate financing for small business loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. Loans may be used for working capital, equipment purchases, business expansions and real estate acquisitions.
B:Side Capital (formerly Colorado Lending Source)
Offers small businesses access to attractive, fixed-rate, long-term financing for real estate and equipment expansion projects.
Adams County Microloan Fund
Adams County offers businesses a loan of up to $50,000 for up to five years if they have annual gross revenues under $2 million. Businesses can use their loans for working capital, equipment and inventory purchases, property improvements, business purchase and commercial real estate.
The Colorado Enterprise Zone (EZ) Program
Offers state income tax credits to businesses that create new jobs and/or invest in economically distressed areas of the state. Enterprise zone tax credits can be earned on investments, job training, hiring of new employees, research and development, the rehabilitation of vacant buildings, and the purchase of commercial vehicles.
Manufacturer’s Edge
A statewide manufacturing assistance center that encourages the strength and competitiveness of Colorado manufacturers. Manufacturer's Edge executes onsite technical assistance that provides coaching, training, consulting, collaboration-focused industry programs, and leverages government, university and economic development partnerships.
Venture Capital Authority
Established to provide seed- and early-stage capital to businesses. The minimum and maximum investment size generally ranges from $100,000 – $3.375 million.
Rocky Mountain Trade Adjustment Assistance Center
RMTAC administers grants for manufacturers who want to more effectively compete in global markets.
Global Business Development
Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) offers a variety of services related to developing export opportunities for Colorado industry. These services include export counseling, tradeshows, foreign missions, incoming buyer delegations and trade-related education.
U.S. Export Assistance Center
The USEAC aims to help increase export sales for Colorado businesses by leveraging their global network of 165 offices in 82 countries around the world as well as a multitude of local and national partners.
World Trade Center
A resource for businesses that provides comprehensive international trade services and key global contacts to facilitate and expand trade and international business throughout Colorado.
ACCESSColorado - State of Colorado Procurement
Anyone wanting to sell goods or services to the State of Colorado must promote their goods and services to individual State entities and actively search for opportunities on ColoradoVSS and other solicitation websites. The State Purchasing Office is a valuable resource that helps guide businesses through the procurement process. ACCESSColorado is the program for active and prospective suppliers.
Colorado Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
Colorado PTAC (now APEX) assists Colorado companies with finding, obtaining and performing local, state and federal government contracts.
Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System
Rocky Mountain e-Purchasing System connects local government agencies and vendors. Find Bids, RFPs & solicitations for cities in Colorado and Wyoming.
Federal Hubzone
The Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) program helps small businesses in urban and rural communities gain preferential access to federal procurement opportunities. See if your business is located in an eligible HUBZone in Commerce City.
Adams County Workforce and Business Center (WBC)
The Adams County WBC provides free candidate recruitment services for all Adams County Business owners, including job postings, prescreening, customized hiring events and on-the-job training.
Skill Advance Colorado Job Training Grant
The Skill Advance Colorado Job Training Grant (formerly the Colorado First and Existing Industry Grant) helps businesses and nonprofits create customized job training for employees. This training develops Colorado's workforce, builds workers' transferable skills and improves their resumes and long term employment opportunities, and helps Colorado businesses remain competitive.
EforALL
The Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) Accelerator Program is a free, 12-week program offered twice a year in each of our communities. This program offers a unique combination of immersive business training, mentorship, and access to an extended professional network. Anyone with a dream to start or grow a business or nonprofit is encouraged to apply.
Mi Casa Resource Center
Mi Casa Resource Center advances economic opportunity for Colorado's women, immigrants, and other under-resourced communities through bilingual career training, small-business development, and financial coaching.
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