Business Enhancement
The City of Ventura provides a variety of business enhancement programs and services by partnering with local business assistance organizations. These partnerships allow the City to leverage the resources of each organization to provide much needed services for Ventura’s business community. Partner organizations with respective enhancement programs and services are listed below.
Rapid Response Program
Ventura County Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
The Rapid Response Program identifies resources and services for businesses and their employees affected by downsizing due to company restructuring, closure or relocation. The Program provides quick and comprehensive information and services aimed at minimizing job losses for employers. When a business closure is necessary, the Program can work with the business to help its workers make transitions to new jobs. Program services are free to both employers and employees.
To learn more about the Program, contact the WIB or click the links below:
Ventura County Workforce Investment Board
Rapid Response Program
505 Poli Street
Ventura, CA 93002
www.wib.ventura.orgContact: Theresa Salazar Vital, Program Administrator
(805) 652-7866
teresa.vital@mail.co.ventura.ca.us
Business Enhancement Program
Economic Development Collaborative – Ventura
County (EDC-VC)
By way of its Business Enhancement Program, the EDC-VC offers free, confidential help for businesses with fewer than 200 employees. Whether your business is ready to sprout to still searching for fertile ground, the Program can help you plan for growth, develop creative marketing strategies, identify sources of financing, and learn other key business tactics.
For more information, contact the EDC-VC or click the links below.
Economic Development Collaborative – Ventura County
Business Enhancement Program
1601 Carmen Drive, Suite 215
Camarillo, CA 93010-3103
www.edc-vc.com/BEPContact: Joe Huggins, Program Administrator
(805) 384-1800, ext. 25
joe@edc-vc.com