Citizen Resources and Jurisdiction Boundaries Clarified for Logan County, Colorado

The Logan County Chamber of Commerce in Sterling is the primary local contact for business and citizen resources at 109 N Front Street, Sterling, CO 80751, phone (970) 522-5070, email info@logancountychamber.com. The chamber identifies itself with the tagline "Building Business. Building Community." and directs residents to its eNews for updates and to a COVID-19 Alternative Resources page that "includes grant and loan programs for small businesses, artists, self-employed people and non-profits."

Small-business support for Sterling-area entrepreneurs is anchored by the East Colorado Small Business Development Center. The SBDC lists Laurie Jones as its local contact, phone 970-520-0798, email laurie@eastcoloradosbdc.com, and states, "The East CO SBDC office will be closed to in-person and walk-in meetings until further notice." The chamber and SBDC materials direct users to disaster-relief and state SBDC COVID information pages for program details and newsletter signups rather than in-person visits.

Because the name "Logan County" appears in multiple states, residents should use the Sterling contacts above for Colorado matters. The research packet provided to this newsroom includes separate resources for Logan County, Ohio and Logan County, Illinois that are not applicable to Sterling unless explicitly labeled. For example, Downtown Bellefontaine Partnership and the Bellefontaine-based chamber operate at 100 South Main Street, Bellefontaine, OH 43311, phone 937-599-5121, email president@logancountyohio.com; their Logan County CIC Business Resource Guide contains table-of-contents entries such as "Permits, Licenses and Taxes," "Start Up Check List," "Business Plan Outline," and "APPENDIX Application for Employer Identification Form SS-4" that can serve as a template but reflect Ohio rules and contacts.

The Illinois Logan County government materials in the packet include a specific procurement notice that applied to Logan County, Illinois: the Logan County Highway Department requested proposals for Phase I and Phase II engineering on a 4.2-mile overlay near Atlanta, Illinois, with submittals due Friday, January 30, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. at 529 S. McLean Street, Lincoln, IL 62656; contact (217) 732-3059 or baukamp@logancountyil.gov for more information. That project and deadline are for Logan County, IL and should not be used for Sterling-area projects or filings.

Sterling, Crook, Fleming and Iliff residents and business owners who need local calendars, membership directories, COVID-era grant and loan listings, or small-business disaster-relief assistance should rely on the Sterling Chamber at (970) 522-5070 or info@logancountychamber.com and the East CO SBDC contact Laurie Jones at 970-520-0798 or laurie@eastcoloradosbdc.com. These are the authoritative, Sterling-area lines for the community resources summarized here.