Economic Development Commission Unveils New Website

After months of hard work and lots of research the Commission announced that its website is ready for viewing.

Go to monroemeansbusiness.com to spend time perusing the site.

"We literally started from scratch and built it from the ground up", said EDC Chairman Lee Hossler. "Our goal was to provide existing businesses and prospective businesses the most information to help them come to Monroe and be successful. And we wanted our site to be the best in the area."

The site speaks to many sides of business. It starts by opening to a new look for the Town. The menu opens by clicking on "A Great Place to Live and Raise a Family," which details the town's education system; the park system including Wolfe Park, Webb Mountain Discovery System for Kids; Lake Zoar and the Housatonic River recreation area and Whitney Farms Golf Course.

A menu click into A Great Place To Do Business puts you in the hub of air, sea and highway transportation that provides availability to markets and raw materials.

This menu contains the Monroe Town Profile; a location for input from businesses that have a concern or issue they would like to share with the commission; the most aggressive Tax Incentives in the area; an explanation of the town's permitting process plus a Resource Center.

The Resource Center is a complete Business and Career Resource Center. It consists of 18 subheads all linked to websites to help start and manage a business or to sustain and grow a business.

These 18 subheads have 352 website links all designed to assist Monroe
businesses.

"This is an enormous amount of information all in one place and just a click away,"
said EDC Vice Chairman Susan Ownes, an active member of the website revision committee.

The site also includes locations for EDC meeting agendas and minutes, the commission's marketing material, a listing of EDC members and the meeting schedule for the year of 2010.

If you are looking for a building to rent or lease or a piece of property to relocate your business, our website includes CERC's SiteFinder for buildings and property listings in Monroe.

The EDC has an exclusive link to Monroe's listings.

"Check us out; we've got it all," Hossler said. "Contact us at monroemeansbusiness.com or monroect.org and click the Economic Development Commission button or call us at 203-452-2819. We are ready to assist you in every way possible."