Link to the online version of the Northumberland Today article here, and to Kim’s entry in the Women Without Offices Business Directory here.  

Kim launched her business with the support of the Ontario Self-Employment Benefit (OSEB) Program. The primary objective of this innovative Employment Ontario program is to assist new entrepreneurs in creating jobs for themselves, . . . → Read More: OSEB Participant Kim McGrail-Grundy featured in Northumberland News]]>

Link to the online version of the Northumberland Today article here, and to Kim’s entry in the Women Without Offices Business Directory here.  

Kim launched her business with the support of the Ontario Self-Employment Benefit (OSEB) Program. The primary objective of this innovative Employment Ontario program is to assist new entrepreneurs in creating jobs for themselves, and potentially others, through self-employment. Participants in the OSEB program receive income support, business plan writing assistance, and ongoing counseling over a 42-week period. Read more.

SNAP – Northumberland West has posted photos from the recent Northumberland CFDC Annual General Meeting which can be viewed here.

The social media for small business workshop was led by Darren Catherwood (back row, . . . → Read More: Northumberland CFDC will Host a “Social Media for Small Business Seminar” at IDEAHUB, January 24 2012]]> The Northumberland CFDC held a Social Media for Small Business Seminar at IDEAHUB on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012.  IDEAHUB is the Municipality of Port Hope’s business incubator. Participants and graduates of the Ontario Self-Employment Benefit (OSEB) Program took part in the two-hour seminar.

The social media for small business workshop was led by Darren Catherwood (back row, second from right) of Me2You Media. Darren recently launched Me2You Media through the Ontario Self-Employment Benefit Program.

About the OSEB Program

The primary objective of this innovative Employment Ontario program is to assist new entrepreneurs in creating jobs for themselves, and potentially others, through self-employment. Participants in the Ontario Self-Employment Benefit (OSEB) program receive income support, business plan writing assistance, and ongoing counseling over a 42-week period. Read more.

Read the online version here.

Read Ted Amsden’s coverage of the Northumberland CFDC Annual General Meeting, “CFDC – Helping Stir the Economy”.

Link to coverage in Northumberlandview.ca.

The latest Northumberland News feature (with photos of the event).

Go to our Scientists and Engineers in Business Initiative webpage to watch our video and learn more about . . . → Read More: Front Page of Northumberland Today – Covering NCFDC AGM and Announcement of Scientists and Engineers in Business]]>

Read the online version here.

Read Ted Amsden’s coverage of the Northumberland CFDC Annual General Meeting, “CFDC – Helping Stir the Economy”.

Link to coverage in Northumberlandview.ca.

The latest Northumberland News feature (with photos of the event).

Go to our Scientists and Engineers in Business Initiative webpage to watch our video and learn more about the program.

View the original press release

Cobourg, Ontario – Rick Norlock, Member of Parliament for Northumberland – Quinte West, today announced up to $529,200 in Government of Canada funding that will allow the Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation to provide graduates and students in the fields of science, engineering, technology, and math (STEM) with the . . . → Read More: Government of Canada Supports Innovative Start-up Businesses in Northumberland County]]> For immediate release
January 18, 2012

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Cobourg, Ontario – Rick Norlock, Member of Parliament for Northumberland – Quinte West, today announced up to $529,200 in Government of Canada funding that will allow the Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation to provide graduates and students in the fields of science, engineering, technology, and math (STEM) with the skills and support they need to launch innovative new businesses in Northumberland County.

“Our government recognizes the importance of investing in the ideas of graduates and graduate students and providing them with the skills necessary to become successful entrepreneurs,” said MP Norlock. “This funding for the Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation will help bring innovative, market-driven ideas to life, contributing to the growth of the southern Ontario economy.”

The funding is being provided through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario’s Scientists and Engineers in Business initiative, designed to assist graduates and graduate students in STEM fields in developing their business skills and launching or expanding their business ventures in southern Ontario.

Northumberland CFDC is a not-for-profit organization with a mandate to stimulate community economic development, diversity and job opportunities in Northumberland County. Through this project, the CFDC will provide business skills development training, direct financing for start-up businesses, and ongoing advisory services to local entrepreneurs.

“We believe that one of the clearest pathways to economic prosperity lies in the mobilization of science and technology and the commercialization of research and innovation,” said Hugh Parker, incoming Chair of the Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation. “Working with many partners, we are proud to be involved withFedDev Ontario‘s Scientists and Engineers in Business initiative. We are targeting the launch of 22 new firms in Northumberland County that will have strong growth potential in a highly competitive global marketplace.”

Possible areas for the new ventures include clean energy, social media, software development, engineering, information technology solutions, agribusiness, green chemistry, manufacturing, and laboratory and technical services.

For more information on the Scientists and Engineers in Business initiative, please refer to the website.

Created in 2009, FedDev Ontario supports the southern Ontario economy by building on the region’s strengths and creating opportunities for jobs and economic growth. The Agency has launched a number of initiatives to create a Southern Ontario Advantage and place the region in a strong position to compete in the global economy. These initiatives are designed to encourage partnerships and support projects that help the region’s businesses and communities become more competitive, innovative and diversified. To learn more, visit www.feddevontario.gc.ca or call 1-866-593-5505.

For more information, contact:

Stephanie Campbell
Executive Assistant
Office of MP Rick Norlock
613-483-8181

Media Relations
FedDev Ontario 
519-571-6879

The Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (Northumberland CFDC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Scientists and Engineers in Business (SEB) Initiative in Northumberland.

Funded by FedDev Ontario, and in collaboration with the Municipality of Port Hope’s business incubator IDEAHUB, Regional Innovation Centres (including Innovation Durham Northumberland – IDN), the Northumberland Manufacturers’ . . . → Read More: Northumberland CFDC Announces FedDev Ontario Scientists and Engineers in Business (SEB) Initiative in Northumberland]]>

The Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (Northumberland CFDC) is pleased to announce the launch of the Scientists and Engineers in Business (SEB) Initiative in Northumberland.

Funded by FedDev Ontario, and in collaboration with the Municipality of Port Hope’s business incubator IDEAHUB, Regional Innovation Centres (including Innovation Durham Northumberland – IDN), the Northumberland Manufacturers’ Association (NMA), our regional colleges and universities, and other partner networks, SEB will offer an array of exciting opportunities for entrepreneurial training and support.

Eligible “STEM Entrepreneurs” will have an undergraduate degree or three-year advanced college diploma in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), or will be current graduate/doctoral students or post-doctoral fellows in these fields who have a market-ready product or process innovation that they wish to commercialize in Northumberland County.

Companies launched in Northumberland through the Scientists and Engineers in Business (SEB) Initiative may be eligible to receive up to $20,000 in the form of non-repayable performance-based contributions matching the STEM Entrepreneur’s equity in their new company.

Participants in this program will develop a fully substantiated and up-to-date business plan. In addition to direct financing, the Northumberland CFDC will act as their business support team in year one, ensuring that the STEM Entrepreneur has a solid plan for year two as well. They will receive independent review of their business plan, mentorship connections, business incubation opportunities, free memberships, conference admission, and much more.

“We believe that one of the clearest pathways to economic prosperity lies in the mobilization of science and technology and the commercialization of research and innovation,” said Hugh Parker, incoming Chair of the Northumberland CFDC Board of Directors. “Working with many partners, Northumberland CFDC is proud to lead FedDev Ontario’s Scientists and Engineers in Business initiative in 2012. We are targeting the launch of 22 new firms in Northumberland County which will have strong growth potential in a highly competitive global marketplace. We thank the Government of Canada for their ongoing support in partnering with us to strengthen our local economy.”

For further information please contact:

Wendy Curtis, Executive Director, Northumberland CFDC

905.372.8315 x227 | wendy.curtis@northumberlandcfdc.ca

Backgrounder

The Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (Northumberland CFDC) is 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. Northumberland CFDC works closely with our community to foster new partnerships, to assess challenges and to create new opportunities that will strengthen our economy. Our organization is guided by a threefold mandate that provides: access to capital, business counselling and mentoring, and community economic development (including grant contribution programs such as the Eastern Ontario Development Program – EODP). 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 FedDev Ontario 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.

www.northumberlandcfdc.ca

With a five-year mandate, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) was launched in August 2009 to help respond to Ontario’s economic challenges. Through its funding initiatives, FedDev Ontario is driving economic and community development, innovation, and economic diversification, while contributing to the success of communities, businesses, educational institutions and not-for-profit organizations. All of these activities contribute to FedDev Ontario’s vision: a prosperous and globally competitive Ontario.

www.feddevontario.gc.ca

IDEAHUB is the ‘bridge between concept and commerce’, a business incubator project led by The Municipality of Port Hope to foster new business start-ups. Located in Port Hope Ontario, IDEAHUB is a full service business incubator for new and emerging entrepreneurial companies. The incubator offers member companies flexible office space, lower start-up costs, support tools, resources and guidance to strengthen their business success and graduation into the community. IDEAHUB is a unique collaboration of private and public partners led by the Municipality of Port Hope. All dedicated to the success and growth of new and emerging cleantech companies. The incubator’s focus is on green and energy related industries and their support services, however all business proposals will be considered.

www.myideahub.ca

Innovation Durham Northumberland (IDN) is an industry-led non-profit organization providing technology commercialization services contributing to the growth of both the Durham Region and Northumberland County. The IDN has three locations including the Northumberland Manufacturers Association (NMA) offices in Cobourg. The IDN provides innovators, technology based businesses, entrepreneurs and researchers with services and programs to help them innovate and gain a competitive advantage. The IDN grew out of the Durham Strategic Energy Alliance (www.dsea.ca) which was incorporated in 2006. The DSEA collaborated with the Northumberland Manufacturers Association (www.theNMA.ca) to establish the IDN as a Regional Innovation Centre (RIC) under the Ontario Networks of Excellence (ONE) program with the support of the Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI) in the fall of 2010.

www.innovation-dn.ca

With the support of the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

The Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (Northumberland CFDC) is currently soliciting applications for a contract position (beginning February 2012 and ending in March 2014). The Business Development Officer-Entrepreneurship will execute a new technology enterprise development initiative in collaboration with the Government of Canada, higher education and industry partners.

Applicants with the following minimum qualifications are preferred:

Home Suite Home Transitions’ Senior Move Managers help seniors move forward into a new phase of their life. Their mission is to enhance each Senior’s emotional, psychological and physical journey during later-in-life home transitioning.

Services include: Planning/Organizing, Decluttering, . . . → Read More: Announcing a new OSEB-supported business helping seniors in transition]]> Patti Priestman has launched Home Suite Home Transitions, a relocation service for seniors in Peterborough and the Kawarthas.  

Home Suite Home Transitions’ Senior Move Managers help seniors move forward into a new phase of their life. Their mission is to enhance each Senior’s emotional, psychological and physical journey during later-in-life home transitioning.

Services include: Planning/Organizing, Decluttering, Downsizing, Floor Planning, Moving, Resettlement, Estate Settlement and Emergency Services.

Owner/Operator Patti Priestman, CRTS, SMM, BSc., can be reached at 705-761-0018.

 About the OSEB Program

The primary objective of this innovative Employment Ontario program is to assist new entrepreneurs in creating jobs for themselves, and potentially others, through self-employment. Participants in the Ontario Self-Employment Benefit (OSEB) program receive income support, business plan writing assistance, and ongoing counseling over a 42-week period. Read more.