Grande Prairie, Alberta – Community Futures Grande Prairie & Region is launching a new SMARTstart program for entrepreneurs in the community.

This entrepreneur training program was developed to address small business start up needs in our evolving community and increase the chances of the business’ success rate. It is challenging to go beyond 3-5 years for a small business – only 35% succeed, however with training and resources, 80-90% succeed beyond 5 years.

This 50-60 hour program is offered over 8 months with a combination of online training, workshops and pairing with a mentor from the community.

If you are a small business owner in their first three years or an entrepreneur who needs their ideas transformed into action, apply now! Applications open October 25, 2021 and close on December 22, 2021. www.smartstartyourbusiness.ca

If you are a business owner with more than 3 years experience running a successful business and want to help other entrepreneurs, apply now to be a mentor! www.smartstartyourbusiness.ca

Marley Heitrich

Community Futures Grande Prairie & Region

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780-814-5340

Whew! 2020-21 was quite the year! Entirely unprecedented, we learned things very quickly this past year just like all of our clients.

We are proud of our accomplishment this past year and look forward to growing and recovering with the Community in 2021-22.

CFGP&R Annual Performance Report 2020-2021

CF Grande Prairie & Region is pleased to release the Audited Financial Statements for the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year - CFGP&R Audited FS

CF Grande Prairie had a strong 209-2020 despite having a year of change and transition. We hit the new fiscal year strong and continue to support all of our clients and the business community in general throughout any challenge. Find out more here - CFGP Annual Performance Report.

CF Grande Prairie had a strong 209-2020 despite having a year of change and transition. We hit the new fiscal year strong and continue to support all of our clients and the business community in general throughout any challenge. Find out more here - CFGP Annual Performance Report.

Today, Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) launched the first call for proposals for the Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) program. The objectives of the program are to:

• assist firms with high-growth potential to scale-up and expand;
• support technology demonstration and the commercialization of new technologies;
• encourage the early adoption or adaptation of leading-edge technologies and processes to improve productivity; and,
• increase businesses’ capacity to grow through market diversification and entry into global markets.
• Project proposals must demonstrate support in one of the following priorities: clean technology, clean resources, digital technology, advanced manufacturing, value-added agriculture, and life sciences.

Our Spark! Business Incubator has a new website!  You can book appointments online for both our Community Futures Business Analyst and our Spark! Concierge!  Check out the link below!!

http://gpsparkincubator.com