PETERBOROUGH COMMUNITY FUTURES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (CFDC)

The Community Futures (CF) Program supports 61 Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs) in Ontario. FedDev Ontario serves 37 in rural eastern and southern Ontario. The remaining 24 CFDCs located in the north are served by FedNor. The CFDC program was established with the purpose of helping communities develop and implement local solutions to local opportunities by providing financial support to organizations that, in collaboration with others, can provide support to small and medium-sized companies. CFDCs offer a wide variety of programs and services supporting community economic development and small business growth. In particular: Strategic community planning and socio-economic development; Support for community-based projects; Business information and planning services; and Access to capital for small- and medium-sized businesses and social enterprises. CFDCs are organizations staffed by professionals and are each governed by local volunteer boards of directors familiar with their communities' needs, concerns and future development priorities.