Best Places for Entrepreneurs

Wanted: Your Small Business -- and You

By Jeffrey Gangemi, BusinessWeek Online

Many small towns and cities are offering big incentives to entrepreneurs willing to relocate. It could be the perfect relationship

Communities across the country have always worked to attract businesses. But instead of offering a traditional incentive package and waiting for businesses to come to them, some of today's savviest cities and towns are taking the offensive, identifying a need in their local economy and then actively recruiting a specific entrepreneur to fill it. BusinessWeek.com, with the help of the Effingham, Illinois-based Boomtown Institute, a group dedicated to stimulating economic growth in small U.S. communities, has compiled a list of 10 places that want your small business.

What unites these communities is not just their search entrepreneurs to build businesses, but the willingness to cater to them through a mutually beneficial partnership. In some cases, they've already identified a site for the operation and are willing to make improvements to the physical space. In others, they've wired up buildings with broadband and are offering tax breaks for new job creation. But more than anything, these places are searching for a partnership with an entrepreneur who wants to call their community home. To see 10 places that fit this profile, read on by clicking on: http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/bestplaces/index_01.htm?chan=smallbiz_smallbiz+index+page_best+places+for+entrepreneurs

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