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Business Resource Listing
Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau
217 Healdsburg Avenue
Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone: (707) 433-6935
Fax: (707) 433-7562
Inside California (800) 648-9922
www.healdsburg.com
The Healdsburg Chamber is a nonprofit business organization representing more than 600 area businesses with thousands of employees. They function as a referral and support network for area businesses, and a full-service visitors bureau. The office is open seven-days-a-week and provides 24-hour "walk-up" information at the front doors.
Healdsburg Economic Development Office
Herb Liberman
Economic Development Coordinator
217 Healdsburg Avenue
Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone: (707) 433-8234
Fax: (707) 433-8244
Email: heliberman@comcast.net
The Economic Development Office is a partnership of the Healdsburg Chamber and the City of Healdsburg. The Economic Development Officer is available to act as an advocate for businesses with planning and permit issues, land and lease acquisition, and expansion or relocation questions. Prospective new companies have benefited from the services of this office.
City of Healdsburg
City of Healdsburg
401 Grove Street
Healdsburg, CA 95448
Phone: (707) 431-3317
Fax: (707) 431-3321
Website:
City Business License
Phone: (707) 431-3102
All businesses in the City of Healdsburg are required to obtain a business license. The business license period is from July 1st through June 30th of each year. Based on the opening date of your business, fees may be pro-rated on a quarterly basis.
Public Works Department
Phone: (707) 431-3346
Handles matters related to sewer discharge.
Utility Office
Phone: (707) 431-3307
There is an application form and deposit requirement for any business that requires utilities to be connected at a city location.
Business Start Up & Development
Business Start-up Kit
California State Chamber of Commerce
Phone: (800) 381-8877
Website: www.commerce.ca.gov
Provides all the government forms, legal documents and step-by-step instructions on starting your business.
SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives)
Chapter 450
777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 1158
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Phone: (707) 571-8342
Website: www.score.org
Offers business assistance, referrals, training, counseling, and information.
Start-up Kit
U.S. Small Business Administration
Phone: (415) 744-6823
Website: www.sba.gov
United States Small Business Administration (SBA)
455 Market Street 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: (415) 744-6820
Fax: (415) 744-6812
Website: www.sba.gov
The U.S. Small Business Administration provides financial, technical and management assistance. It is also the nation's largest single financial backer of small businesses.
County of Sonoma
Economic Development Board
Ben Stone, Economic Development Coordinator
401 College Avenue Suite D
Santa Rosa, CA 95401-5148
Phone: (707) 565-7170
Fax: (707) 565-7231
E-mail: EDB@sonoma-county.org
Website: www.sonoma-county.org
The Sonoma County Economic Development Board (EDB) has two major functions: To provide information and referral services to help local businesses to start up, succeed and grow; and to develop and disseminate factual data regarding significant economic activities, trends and projections for Sonoma County.
Sonoma County Permit & Resource Management Department
2550 Ventura Avenue
Santa Rosa, California 95403
Phone: (707) 565-1900 or Click Here for their list of departments
Website: www.sonoma-county.org/prmd
The Permit and Resource Management Department is responsible for the regulation of land development in the unincorporated areas of Sonoma County. Their website covers just about everything you need to know, including permits available online.
The Sonoma County Business Assistance Guide (BAG)
Although not intended as a step-by-step guide to operating a business, the Sonoma County Business Assistance Guide (BAG) will help direct you to those information sources and agencies you must contact before you can open your doors for business. It was designed as a "portal" to pertinent web sites so that the user can explore the most current information available.
Website: www.sonoma-county.org/bag
Sonoma County Clerk
2300 County Center Drive
Building B 177
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone: (707) 565-3800
Fax: (707) 565-3957
Website: www.sonoma-county.org
All fictitious business names must be registered with the Sonoma County Clerk. Generally this registration applies to an individual doing business under a name other than their own, or the name suggests the existence of additional owners, or the name does not include the surname of each general partner.