County of Huron Launches ‘Ready to Re-Open’ Business Recognition Program
COUNTY OF HURON NEWS RELEASE: In an effort to help both businesses and the general public connect to the most current information and to encourage consumer confidence, the County of Huron has launched the Ready to Re-Open Huron recognition program available at no cost to all businesses within Huron County. Delivered through a one-hour webinar, a toolkit and guidance documents, Ready to Re-Open Huron is designed to arm businesses with guidance on what reasonable steps should be taken when reopening their businesses and how to make their workplaces safe for employees and customers. The program will connect them with resources if they have additional questions, and help consumers feel more…
Art That’s Right Up Your Alley
GUEST POST BY CAROLYN PARKS MINTZ — Although road construction is often perceived as an annoyance and inconvenience, in realty it can be seen as a very good thing….. it repairs, it rebuilds, it renews and can potentially lead to remarkable creativity on a large scale. In that Seaforth’s entire Main Street business district will be impacted by much-needed roadwork this year, Huron East’s Economic Development Officer Jan Hawley felt it necessary to come up with a plan that would mitigate the effects of construction while helping boost the economy. The key would be to somehow complement the 19th century architecture of Seaforth’s downtown, which is a designated Heritage Site,…
Regional Relief and Recovery Fund available to help local small businesses
Community Futures Huron is a federally supported not-for-profit Community Futures Development Corporation with a volunteer Board of Directors and professional staff whose purpose is to support community economic development and small business growth through business loans. Community Futures Development Corporations across southern Ontario are here to help small businesses impacted by COVID-19 that have been unable to access other federal support. Applications are open for the new Regional Relief and Recovery Fund through Community Futures Huron. The following are the guidelines to be utilized in the review of applications for the RRRF: RRRF loans are meant to help small businesses with ongoing operating costs (rent, wages, utilities, taxes, etc.) for a 4-MONTH…
Introducing Susan Jared, COVID-19 Business Support Liaison
Susan Jared has recently been brought onboard as COVID-19 Business Support Liaison to support Community Futures Huron loan clients during this pandemic and difficult time for Huron County businesses. Susan’s background includes employment services, educating adult learners, hospitality and retail management in Canada and England. Susan loves to create the plan of a new business – currently as Online Business Support working with clients around the world, and previously owning a children’s consignment store in Kincardine. Her present businesses provide the greatest satisfaction by organizing various client requests from her home office Susan specializes in supporting businesses, professionals and associations with office services including; daily administration, client contact and scheduling,…
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CFHuron – Year in Review
Last week, Community Futures Huron held our 27th Annual General Meeting (virtually of course). The past 12 months have been tremendously active – in fact we experienced another record-breaking year. Over $1.7 M was invested into the Huron County economy, helping almost 100 businesses launch and expand, while creating and maintaining over 200 jobs across the region. Click to download our Year in Review here: Community Futures Huron – Year in Review We wish to thank all of our sponsors, supporters and clients for all the great things happening in Huron County. But as they say, that was then and this is now. Many businesses in Huron County are now…
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CFHuron and Huron County Ec Dev share news on LocalOne
Recently, our General Manager Paul Nichol joined Cody Joudry and Patrick Donnelly from Huron County Economic Development for an insightful and helpful panel discussion regarding supports available for local small businesses. The interview was hosted by LocalOne News. View the interview here: https://www.facebook.com/thestaysh/videos/869972070094088/?t=6
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Doing Business Online – Go Where Your Customers Are
Small business owners, freelancers, entrepreneurs, you are invited to this April 9th webinar all about getting into and excelling at online sales during this difficult time of COVID-19. With everyone stuck at home, the internet is where they are hanging out. Let’s discuss all the different ways you can continue to meet and work with customers online. Even if you have never done business online before, there may be creative ways to keep your customers engaged and make a little survival cash in the process. Join Patrick Donnelly, Entrepreneur and Business Coach from Huron County Economic Development and Tina Heathers, Business Coach and Lending Consultant from Community Futures Huron as…
COVID-19 Support
PLEASE NOTE: All CFHuron loan clients have received an automatic two-month loan payment deferral for March and April. Contact pnichol@cfhuron.ca or bmcgregor@cfhuron.ca if you have any questions or concerns. Government Support for Canadians & businesses The Government of Canada is taking action to help businesses facing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Read the full plan here. What does this mean for businesses? The Government will provide up to $27 billion in direct support to Canadian workers and businesses. These measures are being implemented in an effort to help stabilize the economy. There will be income support, flexibility for taxpayers, mortgage default management tools, among others, to help Canadians. Here…
CF Huron loan payments postponed for March & April
As the ancient Chinese scholars said “It’s a curse to live in interesting times”. Interesting times indeed. I know most, if not all of you are already feeling the punch from cancelled contracts and business closures. The next few months will be challenging to say the least. However modest, Community Futures Huron would like to do our best to help ease the burden. To that end, principle loan payments for existing CF Huron loan clients will be postponed for the months March and April, with no interest accrued and no interest charged during these months. Following that, we will reassess the situation. If there are other ways you feel we…
COVID-19 Update – Community Futures Huron Office Closed to the Public
Community Futures Huron continues to monitor the COVID-19 situation and is working closely with partner agencies to respond accordingly. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, our office in Brussels is now closed to the public, effective from March 17, 2020 until further notice. Community Futures Huron staff are available and will be conducting business during this time by phone, email or online if you have any questions or need assistance. Phone 226-889-8256Paul Nichol – General Manager – ext. 223Tina Heathers – Business Coach and Lending – ext. 250Brenda McGregor – Financial Officer – ext. 231Sharlene Bolen – Communications Officer – ext. 221 Emailpnichol@cfhuron.catina@cfhuron.cabmcgregor@cfhuron.casbolen@cfhuron.ca Staff will continue to monitor the status…
