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McGuinty Government
investment benefits Bruce County through Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF)
Grant -
August 9, 2007
Grant aimed to attract tourists through ‘Grey-Bruce Your Way’
program.
Kincardine – The Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation
celebrated some good news for local businesses on Thursday morning with
the official announcement of some funding awarded in March. Thanks to a
$65,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), they are well
on their way to getting a new regional tourism e-commerce site up and
running to benefit both Grey and Bruce Counties. MPP for Huron-Bruce,
Carol Mitchell, was joined by OTF representative, to be confirmed, to
congratulate the group on their grant.
“This is wonderful news for the residents of Bruce and Grey counties,”
said Mitchell. “Preserving the institutions that help define our
communities and attract tourism is a very important part of building
communities with an eye towards the future”.
The $65,000 grant was awarded in March to help support the
implementation of Grey Bruce Your Way (www.greybruceyourway.com ), a new
regional tourism e-commerce site. This tool will offer both ease of
access to online tourism browsing, booking and payment, as well as
personal assistance through an ‘in-bound’ tourism operator for those
seeking personalized services. The overall project has been developed by
the Bruce CFDC in partnership with FedNor/Industry Canada.
Bruce CFDC Chair Barb Fisher stated “Trillium funding now enables a
focused marketing strategy to attract new visitors to the area through a
retail web portal. Tourism is important to our economy and this
initiative will contribute to expanding our tourism season benefiting
businesses, workers and the community”.
Since 1986, the Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation has been
dedicated to helping small and medium-sized businesses and enhancing the
community’s economic and employment growth. The Corporation offers a
range of business and community development services including: Loan
Assistance Program; Tourism Development Supports; Community Capacity
Building; Business Counselling/Coaching; Community Economic Development
(CED) initiatives in partnership with communities, businesses and area
organizations. The CFDC actively assists hundreds of individuals and
businesses annually. For more information, please contact Deb Baxter at
396-8141 or visit their website
www.bruce.on.ca .
The Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agency of the Government of
Ontario. The Foundation allocates grants to eligible charitable and
not-for-profit organizations in the arts and culture, environment, human
and social services and sports and recreation sectors. For more
information, please visit www.trilliumfoundation.org.
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For more information, please contact:
Deb Baxter, General Manager
Bruce Community Futures Development Corporation
(519) 396-8141
dbaxter@bruce.on.ca
Carol Mitchell, MPP
Huron-Bruce
(519) 396-3007 |
