Starter Company Plus Program Provide $39,000 In Grants to Eight Local Small Businesses
/Eight local small businesses were given micro-grants of $39,000 combined from the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development (PKED) to help support sustainable business growth in a cheque presentation at the Venture North Building on Thursday.
The funding was through the provincial government’s Starter Company Plus program.
Twelve small business entrepreneurs completed the five-week full-day business training course the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre (BAC) offered. According to PKED, based on the strength of their business plan, cashflow forecast, and business pitch, the following businesses were each awarded a micro-grant of up to $5,000:
Iola Taylor – Cold Duck Creamery, City of Peterborough
Joe and Liz Crowley – Crowley Acres, Township of Otonabee South-Monaghan
Sara Scheuermann – Steaped Slow Ceramics, City of Peterborough
Katie Jackson – Wanderlight Luxury Farm Stay, Douro-Dummer Township
Jordan Lyall – Jordan Lyall Photography, City of Peterborough
Cody Lewis – Cody Lewis Carpentry, City of Peterborough
Meg Kynock – muttmixx, Township of Havelock Belmont-Methuen
Mackenzie Caldwell – Grace&Glow Beauty Studio, City of Peterborough