Community Futures Parkland recently received some large funding from the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy through Western Economic Diversification Canada.
Jami Turetsky, Executive Director of Community Futures Parkland, says they were given just over 1.2 million dollars.
“So, what’s going to happen with those dollars is it will be over a four-year term. We will have inter-connected hubs. So, two facilities, one being out of Dauphin, and the other being out of Flin Flon. The program application is a partnership between Community Futures Parkland, being the lead, and Community Futures Greenstone, which is based out of Flin Flon.”
The funding will work towards closing service gaps in the entrepreneur ecosystem that are unique to rural and northern women entrepreneurs.
Turetsky says they plan to keep everyone up-to-date with their next steps.
“Right now, we’ll be looking to get some staff within these offices. We need two in Dauphin and one in Flin Flon. Then we’ll be working at securing some space within those communities that are going to fit the needs to be successful.”
It took them five weeks to complete the application for the grant.
