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RCCFDC

Community Futures is a community based non-profit organization that is dedicated to creating opportunities for entrepreneurship and the pursuit of economic growth in Renfrew County.

We, along with 60 other Community Futures Development Corporation’s in rural Ontario receive operational funding from the Government of Canada through FedDev Ontario.

Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation is run by a board of local volunteers and professional staff, we take a grass roots approach to investing in local entrepreneurs and community initiatives.

Eastern Ontario Development Program

Nov 18th 2011

On November 18th, Renfrew – Nipissing – Pembroke M.P. Cheryl Gallant, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), announced the Federal Government of Canada’s investment of $30 million over the next three years in support of the renewal of the Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP).

The EODP promotes economic development initiatives in Eastern Ontario, leading to a diversified and competitive regional economy with successful businesses and prosperous communities. It has been a catalyst in many communities by encouraging new projects and community plans, mobilizing community stakeholders and helping to form partnerships Throughout Renfrew – Nipissing - Pembroke.

Who is eligible?

The program, managed by FedDev Ontario, provides resources to the 15 Community Futures Development Corporations in Eastern Ontario, including Renfrew County, who in turn solicit applications from eligible applicants.

These eligible applicants include:

  • Non-profit organizations including municipalities and municipal organizations, corporations and community economic development organizations

  • Commercial enterprises including individuals, corporations, partnerships, cooperatives or trusts

  • Aboriginal organizations

What activities are eligible?

Projects in the following priority areas will be considered:

  • Business Development, which supports projects that will lead to the growth of new and existing businesses within rural eastern Ontario communities. This includes initiatives in areas such as skills development, youth attraction, innovation and the adoption of information and communications technologies

  • Community Innovation, which enables community-led economic development that enhances and diversifies local economies. This includes projects identified within existing community plans that build on the communities' competitive economic advantages to establish or strengthen key economic sectors and/or retain and expand existing businesses

  • Collaborative projects, which involve and benefit multiple communities

For further information on eligible projects and the application process as it becomes available, please consult our website, www.rccfdc.org, or contact David Wybou, Community Development Officer and Project Coordinator for RCCFDC at dvwybou@bellnet.ca.

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