Thunder Bay CEDC CEO Eric Zakrewski Almost half a million dollars is going towards the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot project. The Community Economic Development Commission is one of several Thunder Bay-Superior North initiatives that will receive support from FedNor. FedNor, which stands for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, is investing $490,500 to help the CEDC with the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot. “[The money] will help maintain our three year contract for a program coordinator,” CEDC CEO Eric Zakrewski said. “It’s a local position in our office that helps administer the program under a deal with the federal government.”