Great Claybelt Ag Business Plan project waiting on grant approval and more municipal participation
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Hearst and several economic development agencies in our region including North Claybelt and the Timmins EDC have come out in support of a plan to make farming a major part of the economy in the future. Great Claybelt Agriculture Business Plan project chairman Gilles Matko says not only is he waiting on support from other municipalities in our region, but for news on a provincial government grant application.
“The applications were submitted to NOHFC that we are just in a waiting pattern,” he said. “They are running their do process on what they have to do. And we are just waiting on hopefully for a positive result.”
The Minister of Northern Development says a new regional economic development program will be unveiled next Thursday.
Greg Rickford is promising a revamped Northern Ontario Heritage Fund.
The Kenora-Rainy River MPP says they want to open it up to make it more accessible.
“It has a, in some respects, a wider catchment for northern Ontario businesses and communities,” says Rickford.
“Especially non-for-profits, indigenous communities, who’ve largely underrepresented historically through NOHFC.”
Rickford says they want to see the money spread out more evenly across the north. ); } return false; }); $( #comments .commentlist .comment-content a ).attr( target , blank );
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