Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation
is now accepting applications for the Government of Canada
Eastern Ontario Development Program

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About Us

We are a community-based Not-For-Profit (NFP) organization governed by a local Board of Directors and staffed with business professionals who encourage entrepreneurship and the pursuit of economic opportunities.We work closely with our community to foster new partnerships, assess challenges and create new opportunities that will strengthen our economy. Our organization is guided by a threefold mandate that provides:

  1. Access to Capital (small business loans)
  2. Business Counselling and Mentoring (a free service)
  3. Community Economic Development (including grant programs such as the EODP)
CFDC AGM

Northumberland Business Development Assistance Corp. received its first contract to service Northumberland County as a CFDC in 2002. Operational funding is received from the Government of Canada through their FedDev Ontario Program as one of 37 CFDCs in Southern Ontario.

CFDCs support community economic development by assisting Ontario’s rural and northern communities to strengthen and diversify their economies.

Northumberland CFDC AGM

AGM Photo by: Ted Amsden – Present at the Northumberland Community Futures Development Fund Annual General meeting at the Cobourg Community Centre from left, Vice President of the Board, Hugh Parker, Executive director Wendy Curtis, Deputy Mayor of Port Hope Jeff Gilmer and MPP Rick Norlock.

Client Testimonials

Bark Avenue

Frantic Farms

McKillop Stoneworks

Pine Breeze B & B

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