Our Organization

Mineral County Economic Development Authority is a 501-C-3 private nonprofit organized for the purpose of industry attraction, job creation and community development and education. We are the recognized Economic Development office for Mineral county. The state, site selectors and private citizens provide us with leads for new industry. Leads can be a letter, phone call or other information from any source that would give us the opportunity to invite a new company to town.

We provide assistance with community and economic development, site selection, government liaison, local representation, temporary office space, workforce development, applications, job fairs, recruitment, education, business consulting, business plan development and micro-loans and any reasonable service to help bring jobs to the community.

Our office services include but are not limited to:

• Economic Development--All Aspects
• Nevada Licensing Requirements
• Mineral County Requirements
• Workforce Development
• A mini business incubator,
• Technology resource center 4 computers
• Small business development assistance
• Business Training Seminars such as NxLevel, Quickbooks, How to Sell on E-Bay
• Employment applications,
• Unemployment applications
• Resume assistance.
• Art as an economic engine
• Redevelopment opportunities

Local businesses are welcome to:

• post job openings on our job board
• use our training room to hold job fairs and training events
• use our computers to give skills tests
• develop business plans
• post jobs online.

We are here for all Mineral County citizens to assist in reaching their business development goals, employment goals and business expansion dreams.

We’re open Monday through Thursday from 7 am to 5 pm

Our partners are: Nevada Commission on Economic Development, Nevadaworks, SBA: Nevada Small Business Development Centers, Nevada Microenterprise Initiative,and Western Nevada College, Western Nevada Development District, Mineral County

Mini Business Incubator

We’ve remoded the MCEDA office to include a mini incubator that houses up to 4 small businesses. The mini incubator provides up to one year of temporary and very limited office space, assistance with your business to help small businesses grow into self-sustaining enterprises with their own, permanent locations. Businesses will be required to provide their own printer, printer ink and paper and phone and phone lines. Other restrictions may apply. Applications for this limited, temporary space are available online and at the MCEDA office. To qualify, you must have an active business or approved business idea, a local and state business license, a business plan and the desire to take the business from here to the main streets of Mineral County. The businesses also have access to loans from Nevada Microenterprise, Rural Nevada Development Corporation, Small Business Administration , The Veteran's Administration and other funding sources.

Business Education and Nevada Microenterprise Loans, as well as NxLevel Classes, are a small sample of our available services. We are also asking if there is interest in other classes, such as: How to Sell on E-Bay, Quickbooks, and Small Business Startup Planning. Please call our office at (775) 945-5896, if interested.

NxLevel (the "next level") classes run periodically, in 13 weekly sessions, both in our Class Room and Online. This Training covers all aspects in the life of a Business, and can help you jump start yours. The classes fill up quickly, so watch for, or ask us about, the next opportunities for NxLevel training. Call (775) 945-5896 for more information, or sign up at the MCEDA office at 901 E Street in Hawthorne, next to the Munitions Museum.

Studies that define Mineral County

Military Industry Demand Analysis
MGA Strategy
MGA Presentation
Paid for by the Nevada Commission on Economic Development

ARMS Army Industrial Space Reutilization Economic Development Program

NorthernNvision - Mineral County Community Survey

Mineral County Visioning Document -- Nevada Commission on Economic Development Grant

Mineral County is large, and there is lots of room for you to settle in and become part of our community. We’re located within 12 hours of all Pacific Coast Markets via highway, air and rail, and are only three and a half hours away from Reno & Tahoe Airports, Mammoth Recreational Area and Yosemite National Park.

The Walker River Band of Paiutes is in the northern portion of the county and the Hawthorne Weapon and Ammunition Depot covers 230 square miles around the town of Hawthorne. We have great recreation at Walker Lake, a desert terminal lake that offers fishing, boating, swimming, jet skis, water skiing and bird watching.