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Community Development Fund Local Initiatives Projects are intended to support “community economic development” that is incremental and made in partnership with local Municipalities, or not for profit organizations that strive to enhance the economic development efforts of the municipality. Eligible projects may include, but are not limited to community strategic planning, tourism events, marketing or promotional events. Community Capacity Building Projects are intended to strengthen communities by supporting projects that are incremental, address local needs and priorities which result in long term benefits including job creation, economic diversification, and enhanced business competitiveness. Projects must demonstrate significant direct or indirect impact on the enhancement of local business and/or the community as a whole. Applicants must demonstrate support from partners in the private sector, community organizations, municipalities, and/or the provincial government.
Business Planning Projects will assist entrepreneurs who require a full and properly developed business, export and/or marketing plan in order to ensure all aspects of the business proposal have been properly investigated, issues understood and potential problems considered. Skills Development Projects will assist and encourage training of employees of for-profit businesses to enhance the skills set of those employees, provide transferable skills to the employees, and contribute to the overall strength of the work force capabilities of the area. The eligible activities for the program include on-the-job or classroom; in house or out sourced training, new or existing employees. Youth Internship Projects provides recent post-secondary graduates with valuable skills from full-time work experience in business and economic development with the objective of leading to longer term employment in Eastern Ontario. Preference will be given to graduates in fields of economics/business development, telecommunications, sciences and technology.
Facade Improvement Loans are non-interest bearing and designed to assist and encourage facade improvements of business in and around downtown areas, but will also consider assistance to retail and tourism business outside the downtown. Retrofit Loans are non-interest bearing and designed to offset some of the costs associated with the retrofit of vacant or under-utilized commercial, industrial or retail lands and properties to make them more appealing to businesses and customers.
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