Business Loans

Sometimes businesses need a financial helping hand. The Small Business Administration (SBA) offers multiple loan programs.

Business Partners

Need more help? Find resources available to Santa Rosa businesses.

Business Promotions

Community Benefit Districts

List of community benefit districts within the City, their purpose, and documentation and how they were formed.

Educational Resources

View a listing of business education resources.

Go Local

Search or browse some of the City's best homegrown retailers, restaurants, bistros, and services.

Green Business

The City of Santa Rosa, in partnership with the Sonoma Green Business Program, is pleased to offer Santa Rosa businesses the opportunity to become a certified Green Business.

Jobs in Santa Rosa

Minimum Wage

Resources for background for having a $15 minimum wage implemented within the City as well as business recourse to comply with the ordinance.

Park & Shop Voucher

Participating downtown merchants validate parking in garages when you shop, eat, or do business at their establishment.

Small Business Support Program

Streetlight Pole Banner

The Streetlight Pole Banner policy establishing the City the ability to manage banners on the poles of streetlights. This page includes the ordinance history as well as costs and information associated with the hanging of these banners.

Tourism Business Improvement Area Advisory Board

The Santa Rosa Tourism Business Improvement Area Advisory Board discusses a variety of issues related to Santa Rosa Tourism Business Improvement Area.

Workforce Development

Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District

Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts (EIFDs) were introduced by the California Legislature and enable a new model for financing infrastructure and economic development in California. A type of tax-incremental financing, an EIFD is considered to be formed in the City of Santa Rosa Downtown area to allow funds generated to by the EIFD for reinvestment.

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