Small
Business Services Venture Niagara provides a broad range of business services to local entrepreneurs. These services are offered to loan clients and also to entrepreneurs in need of assistance developing a new opportunity or addressing concerns of ongoing operations. Venture Niagara’s help ranges from activities as basic as identifying programs that support a specific need such as staffing, to helping with market research, developing a business plan or one on one counseling. Business counseling is typically provided by one of our staff members, or an experienced Venture Niagara volunteer. In some cases, we make arrangements for local experts to assess a business to determine its strengths and weaknesses so that the company can become more profitable over the long term. Venture Niagara also hosts seminars throughout the year. Workshops are often held in partnership with other local organizations or through our own resources. Past topics include “9-Minute Business Date,” “Preparing a Business Plan,” “Marketing Your Business” and “How to sell your Goods and Services to the Federal Government.” Venture Niagara & Neighbouring CFDC’s  Venture Niagara is a not for profit economic development organization that provides a variety of services to Niagara’s rural businesses. Through the efforts of staff and volunteers, the organization is active in community economic development projects and offers business advisory services and financing to small and medium size enterprises in the municipalities of Grimsby, Lincoln, Niagara-on-the-lake, Pelham, Thorold and Welland. Other CFDC’s in and around Niagara include The South Niagara Community Futures Development Corporation andThe Grand Erie Business Centre Inc. Located in Port Colborne, the South Niagara CFDC serves the municipalities of Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, Port Colborne and Wainfleet. The Grand Erie Business Centre is situated in Caledonia and includes the Township of West Lincoln in its service area. For more information about all of Ontario’s Community Futures Development Corporations, visit www.oacfdc.com Annual General Meeting April 29, 2009 Venture Niagara’s Annual General Meeting takes place on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. The meeting starts at 3:30pm in the corporation’s offices at 20 Pine St N., Thorold. Network with colleagues who have a similar interest in community economic development and working with small businesses in the Niagara region! To confirm your attendance, call Wendy Watson at 905.680.8085 or email your confirmation with contact information to: admin@ventureniagara.com |
Volume 1, #2, April 2009 Cliquez ici pour version française Small
Business Financing
Loan requests are considered by our Business Development Committee
on the basis of:
Potential clients are encouraged to explore traditional financing services first. Should bank financing not be available or if it does not fully meet client needs, Venture Niagara may provide a viable business financing option. Featured Client: Talon Millwork & Design Federal Government Supports Niagara Businesses Brock University Students help WSTA |
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Talon Millwork and Design is a Lincoln based manufacturer of kitchen
cabinets and quality custom millwork for residential, commercial
and institutional customers. In business since 1990, the family
owned operation provides a complete range of millwork products
for virtually all applications. Talon’s craftsmanship, experienced
supervision and attention to every detail gives the quality, function
and appearance their clients are expecting. Venture Niagara Community
Futures Development Corporation recently provided financing to
the Beamsvillle company. “This business has many of the elements
that we look for when we provide financing,” states Frank
Rupcic, Venture Niagara General Manager. “In our meetings
with Dylan Kinch, the owner of the company, we learned about Talon’s
track record of producing quality products, their steady flow of
orders on hand and that the company employs a significant amount
of people in their shop. Our investment helped to facilitate several
projects the company was working on and hopefully it will help
Talon gain on future contracts,” he added. To learn more
about Talon Millwork and Design visit 
