On Feb. 18, 2008 Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry
Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary to
the Minister for FedNor, Guy Lauzon, on behalf of
the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health and
Minister for FedNor, announced a Government of
Canada investment of $10 million toward the renewal
of the
Eastern Ontario Development
Program (EODP) for one
year. MP Lauzon (right) and Daryl
Kramp, MP for Prince Edward Hastings and Chair of
the Eastern Ontario Caucus (left) present the $10M
cheque to
SD&G CFDC Vice Chair, Mr. Dennis
Fife in Cornwall on Feb. 18, 2008.
GRENVILLE CFDC INVESTS
IN NEW MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN PRESCOTT -
February, 2008
On Feb. 8, 2008 Leeds-Grenville MP Gord Brown
was in Prescott to highlight Government of Canada
funding of up to $150,000 under the Eastern Ontario
Development Program (EODP) – Community Retrofit Loan
Program. The investment provided through the
Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation
will support C.A.I. Inks Canada Ltd. efforts to
finance the purchase of equipment, land and building
to begin manufacturing operations in Prescott.
EASTERN ONTARIO
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (EODP) ANNOUNCED - $10.9 MILLION -
March, 2007
Federally funded
economic development projects in Grenville County
were celebrated on March 2, 2007 at the Prescott
Town Hall in Prescott. Among those who attended the
event were 2006-2007 EODP Recipients; Gord Brown,
Leeds-Grenville MP; Paulette Prentice, CED Officer,
Community Futures Program/FedNor Industry Canada;
Doug Struthers, Leeds & Grenville County Warden; Bob
Hennessy, Vice-Chairman, GCFDC; Heather Lawless,
Executive Director, GCFDC; Teri Devine, EODP
Coordinator, GCFDC.
