Planning and Economic Development Programs & Services Index

• Business Development 
  Our expert staff are seasoned pros with the connections, networks, data and resources you need to help - whatever size your business or high your goals.
  
  
• Oakland County Business Center MI-SBTDC 
  Whether you're starting a business or growing it our Business Center is for you. Did you know that Oakland County leads Michigan as an entrepreneurial center with 26 percent of the state's new business.
  
  
• Financial Services 
  The Financial Service Group administers the SBA 504 Loan Program and Tax-Exempt Revenue Bonds. Both programs offer long-term financing for fixed assets.
  
  
• Market Research 
  Marketing and publishing professionals are continuously collecting and analyzing data and information to provide you the latest trends, reports or other custom research.
  
  
• One Stop Shop/Information Services
  A resource center with a wealth of information, publications and people to help meet just about any resource need.

Services to our municipalities and local planners:

• Community Planning & Consulting Services 
  Some of our service areas cover Land Use & Zoning, Historic Preservation, and Community and Downtown Revitalization.
  
  
• Environmental Stewardship Services
  Prepares and communicates information, plans and options that conserve, promote and enhance Oakland County's natural environment while supporting beneficial economic growth, development and redevelopment.
  
  
• Historic Preservation Program
  Historic Preservation is a necessary action taken to uphold the links to our past, to maintain our history for the future, to enhance our quality of life, to provide constant economic viability now and in the future, and to ensure the ongoing education of past success, struggle and ambition by identifying and protecting what is significant to our history in building, structure and place.
  
  
• Main Street® Oakland County  A preservation-based economic development program that assists local businesses and communities in organizing, promoting, strengthening the economic base, and improving the appearance of their downtowns.  
  
  
• Land Use and Zoning Program Prepares the annual land use inventory and community master plan and township rezoning reviews.
  
  
• Waste Resource Management
  Facilitates the Oakland County Solid Waste Plan and coordinates programs and activities that support the environment, local municipalities, and residents and businesses in Oakland County.