Funding helps regional businesses go digital January 22, 2021 at 11 h 54 min Reading time: 1 min 30 s
By Nick Seebruch Image from Pixabay.
CORNWALL, Ontario – Stormont, Dundas, South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell announced that four Cornwall companies have received support from the Digital Main Street Project to help them grow their businesses online.
The Digital Main Street Project is a partnership between the provincial and federal governments and gives small businesses access to up to $2,500 in funding and a tech savvy student to help them build an online store.
The students are able to support small businesses in the following ways:
Information on how to access the Digital Main Street digital transformation training program
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“It was kind of like going to a lot of work to plan a party only to have no one show up,” said Schouten, who provides pre-natal and post-partum fitness instruction for moms and moms-to-be online and in-person through The Fitness Centre on Paris Road.
“I had thought that I had done a pretty good job on it but there was nothing to make it stand out and, as a result, it didn’t generate much business. In today’s world, a strong online presence is needed to connect with new clients.”