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Southeastern Minnesota Development Corporation (SEMDC)

We provide assistance to counties and communities in Minnesota including help with:

Business - startup, expansion and relocation

Community - infrastructure financing, economic and community development.

Small Cities Development - Program Application and Administration

Business plan:

• Creation

• Financial packaging

• Marketing

• Cash flow analysis 

We help communities and developers with assisted, senior, workforce and market-rate housing throughout the area, including:

• Grant writing

• Strategic planning

• Other economic and community development matters.

Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

We are an SBDC satellite office that assists business and lending institutions with financial packaging that includes:

• SBA loans

• Conventional bank financing 

• Local revolving loan fund processing

• Helping clients in marketing, business plan creation/updating and training.

These confidential, one-on-one services, are FREE.

Community Support Program

SEMDC currently assists 16 communities and four county organizations with their economic and community development needs.

SEMDC currently has affiliations with

• Fillmore County

• Goodhue County

• Winona County

• Plus the cities of:

• Chatfield

• Byron

• Eyota

• St. Charles

• Lake City

• Blooming Prairie

• Rushford

• LeRoy

• Mabel

• West Concord

• Caledonia

• Harmony

• Preston

• Grand Meadow

• Rushford Village

• Spring Valley

• As well as companies that we help with business development services

Thanks for visiting and we look forward to serving you