ACCFutures (ACC) hosted its Annual General Meeting this morning at Lost Villages Brewery. ACC Executive Director Greg Pietersma proudly spoke about how the organization leaned into funding the dreamers and doers of Akwesasne, Cornwall, and SDG Counties this year.
Federal Tourism Minister Melanie Joly (left) brings pre-recorded greetings while Cornwall and Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Greg Pietersma (right) looks on during a FedDev Ontario announcement on Zoom on Friday, May 28, 2021. (FedDev Ontario/Zoom via Newswatch Group)
CORNWALL – The executive director of the Cornwall and Area Chamber of Commerce says close to 55 small and medium-sized businesses in Cornwall and SD&G have been helped through a FedDev Ontario funding package.
The details were shared Friday as Marie-France Lalonde, parliamentary secretary to the federal economic development minister, highlighted that the Regional Tourism Organization (RTO) 9 and the chamber received $500,000 and $250,000 respectively to help local businesses coming out of the pandemic.