
Committed to business growth!
About the Owatonna Area Business Development Center
Why Us?
As a private 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation, the Owatonna Area Business Development Center offers virtually all the amenities an business needs to start or grow their business. We are committed to supporting the entrepreneurial spirit that has grown the Owatonna business community and will continue to in the future.
Our Partners


Owatonna Area Business Development Center is proud to work with the MN Cup. In 2017 an advise finished as a Semifinalist.
This year Minne Inno honored Executive Director Bill Owens by including him in the inaugural “50 on Fire”. The organization recognized Bill, in his capacity of a supporter of innovation, as being among the top 50 in innovation in the Minneapolis metro area.
About the Director
In over two decades of banking I have learned a great deal about business. I learned about people and even a few things about myself.
Business is like a tool box. The tool box you have may include marketing skills or accounting. Maybe you are a born innovator or someone with an innate ability to relate to people. My point is that seldom does everyone get all the tools they need. On occasion you will find the need to borrow a tool or two from the neighbor across the fence. That’s me…the neighbor.
The tools I have gathered from years in banking have made the roll of a consultant with the Small Business Development Center a natural fit.
If you are thinking about starting a business, expanding a business you already have or maybe you think there is something you should be doing differently – give me a call. That’s why I am here.
Bill Owens
Executive Director
University of North Texas, BBA Finance with Emphasis in Bank Management
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Graduate School of Banking

Owatonna Area Business Development Center
Board of Directors
President
Tammy Schmoll
Owatonna Public Utilities
Communications Coordinator
Vice President
Joe Effertz
Black Forest LTD
President
Treasurer
Dan Struss
Struss CPA's PC
Principal
Secretary
Doug Voss,
Secretary,
City Council
Past President
Dave Pfieffer
Modern Metal Products
General Manager
Directors
Brent Svenby
City Council
Kenneth Johnson
Bethany Lutheran College
Associate Professor - Business
Mike Beckman
Federated Insurance Co’s
Information Technology
Ben Cass
Smith, Tollefson, Rahrick & Cass
Attorney
Reagan West
Owatonna Fitness and Fresh Café
Owner
Greg Johnson
FoamCraft Packaging
Sales Manager
Mark Bock
Viracon
Director of Supply Chain
City Advisor- Ex-Officio
Kris Busse
City of Owatonna
City Administration
Executive Director
Bill Owens
Owatonna Area Business Development Center