SIEDN providing Indigenous entrepreneurs with economic development resources
SHARE ON: A Bison on the prairies. [Photo: SIEDN, Supplied.]
Indigenous Economic Development Week is winding down, but the plans from it remain ongoing. The week was declared in Saskatchewan coinciding with International Economic Development Week.
Entrepreneurs, whether they need help for a food truck or setting a solar generation facility, are benefiting from supports available from groups like the Saskatchewan Indigenous Economic Development Network, or SIEDN.
Milton Tootoosis is the chair for SIEDN. He says they can provide supporting data to help promote community economic development, but a big problem remains start up dollars.
ANGOLA â International Economic Development Week is on and to help commemorate the week, the Steuben County Economic Development Corp. has asked municipalities in the county to pass resolutions supporting local economic development.
âThis year we have asked all of our governmental entities to pass resolutions expressing their support of economic development locally,â said SCEDC Executive Director Isaac Lee in a media release. âWe anticipate that we will receive these support resolutions from all governmental entities within Steuben County.â
The SCEDC is in the process of receiving the resolutions and will continue to into the next week, the release said.
The SCEDC provides services to Steuben County, Angola, Clear Lake, Orland, Fremont, Hudson, Ashley and Hamilton as the lead economic development organization in the county.