Local small businesses collect grant funds from the Small Business Centre Starter Plus program. (L to R) Amber Darling, Trenval Executive Director; Naneen Keenan – Prince Edward County Fare; Russell Brookes – Aqua Swift Inc.; Carrie Parkhurst – Blush Floral; Gary Buffett, Business Advisor; Christiane Gschwender – Quinte Osteopathy for Health and Wellness; Liz Kryschuk; and Jaouad Azzouggagh – Stirling Express Bar. (Photo: Submitted / Trenval)
A group of area small businesses is benefitting from some funding from the Trenval Business Development Corporation.
The Trenval Small Business Centre handed out $26,000 in funding, to eight local businesses this week, through its Starter Plus program.
Two of the businesses are located in Belleville, two in Hastings County, one in Prince Edward County and three are in Quinte West.
Those businesses include restaurants, health services, water services and floral shops, with some of them using the cash to start up and others using it to expand.
They include:
Belleville
– Quinte Osteopathy for Health and Wellness
– Burco Construction
Hastings County
– Stirling Express Bar
– Partista Cafe (Bancroft)
Prince Edward County
– Aqua Swift Inc.
Quinte West
– Blush Floral
– Go Active
-Prince Edward County Fare
You can also click here to learn more about Trenval’s Small Business Centre and the programs it offers.
