Economic Development
Economic Development Council of Tillamook County
This site has information to assist you with business relocation, expansion, and retention. The Council is a public/private sector advisory board to the County Commissioners on economic issues. For more information, please contact 503-842-2236 or visit the Contact Information page at this web site.
 
Columbia-Pacific Economic Development District (Col-Pac)   www.nworegon.org/colpac
Col-Pac provides economic development assistance to Columbia and Tillamook and the western half of Washington County. Col-Pac administers a revolving loan fund providing flexible gap financing for the expansion of existing businesses, establishment of new businesses, creation of employment opportunities and/or saving of existing jobs. For more information, please contact 503-397-2888.

Workforce Development, Education & Training
Management Training Corporation (MTC)   www.mtcworks.com
MTC (Management & Training Corporation) serves the community in building a workforce system that continuously meets the needs of job seekers, employers and the current workforce. Services range from self-directed job search with staff assistance to intensive training and mentoring services with a Workforce Specialist that is responsive to individual employment needs and plans. MTC empowers both adult and youth alike to meet the demand of todays dymanic employment market. For more information, please contact 503-842-3244.

Oregon State Employment Department   www.emp.state.or.us
Offers business recruitment, screening and referrals from a state wide applicant bank. The department's local branch is located in Tillamook and provides office space for mass hiring interviews. The agency also offers state wide and local labor force information. Monthly seminars on business practices are offered through the Job Search Employers Committee (USEC). For more information, please contact 503-842-4488.
 
Tillamook Bay Community College   www.tbcc.cc.or.us
Offers job/work force training, professional/technical certifications and degrees, college transfer degrees, literacy/basic skills programs, continuing education and business training. Tillamook Bay Community College serves the entire county of Tillamook with educational and job training services that are focused on student success. Each year the college serves approximately 3,500 students, or nearly 15% of the total population of the county. For more information, please contact 503-842-8222.
 
Tillamook Coastal Watershed Resource Center
The Tillamook Coastal Watershed Resource Center (TCWRC) is a repository of Geographic Information System (GIS) data and an information link for locating and retrieving natural resource information about Tillamook County. The Tillamook Coastal Watershed Resource Center provides technical support, training and education; public access to high quality resource information: economic development opportunities in ecosystem and information industries: and community based watershed assessments. For more information, please contact 503-377-4000.

Counseling & Information
TBCC Business Development Center (BizCenter)   www.bizcenter.org
The BizCenter is a partnership program funded by Tillamook Bay Community College, the U.S. SBA and receives grants from the State of Oregon Lottery funds. The Center offers Tillamook County business owners and potential entrepreneurs assistance in free, confidential, one-on-one business counseling , agency referrals and reasonably-priced workshops and seminars, as well as access to resource materials from its business reference library. The BizCenter's professional staff are trained and committed to assisting new and existing business owners/managers in the areas of: financial management/planning, business plan/loan proposal writing, human resource issues, record keeping, marketing/sales, government procurement, sources of capital, and business liquidation/sale. The Center also offers customized training for Tillamook County employers. For more information, contact the BizCenter at 503-842-8222, ext. 101.

Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)   www.score.org
A free service to businesses, SCORE assists with all aspects of business, from business plans to reviewing current operations. For more information, please contact
503-326-3441.