CFDCs provide local solutions for local economies.With more than 24 in Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it , Community Futures Development Corporations are well-positioned to offer local solutions to local needs Canoe company making waves In September 1985, Keith and Arlene Robinson gave birth to their new business Souris River Souris River River in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, and North Dakota, U.S. The Souris rises in southeastern Saskatchewan, then flows southeast into North Dakota, where it turns north to reenter Canada, joining the Assiniboine River in Manitoba after a course of 600 mi Canoes in Souris, Man. The company manufactured 30 to 40 canoes per year. In 1992 they relocated to Atikokan, drawn by the community's proximity to Quetico Provincial Park Quetico Provincial Park is a large wilderness park in northwestern Ontario, Canada, renowned for its excellent canoeing and fishing. This 4,760 km². (1.18 million acre) park shares its southern border with Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness which is part of the . They felt this new location would be advantageous for breaking into the U. S. market. Souris River did everything the hard way. They attempted to manufacture canoes using new technology, which resulted in longer startup times than if they had used existing technologies. Every step of the way was learned through trial and error. The company has succeeded in formulating a safe system to work with epoxy resin epoxy resin (ēpok´sē,  pok´sē),n See resin, epoxy. where no other canoe manufacturer has been able to, due to difficulties with allergies. The company productivity level has increased each year to over 500 canoes in 2003. The Atikokan Economic Development Corp. has assisted this exciting company since its inception through financial, business and exporting advice. CFDC CFDC Community Futures Development Corporation (Nelson, BC, Canada) CFDC Canadian Film Development Corporation CFDC Clean Fuels Development Coalition CFDC Continuous Flow Diffusion Chamber CFDC Community Futures Development Centre supporting innovation Alfa Products International recently launched its new BUTTSTOP outdoor ashtray. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Aesthetically pleasing, the BUTTSTOP is a simple, safe solution to cigarette butt litter on sidewalks and in public spaces. The BUTTSTOP features include low-cost maintenance and litter-fire prevention, is robust, safe and secure. Manufactured in Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. , the BUTTSTOP complements Alfa's line of in-ground waste management containers and self-watering planters Planters is an American snack food company under Kraft Foods manufacturing, best known for its nuts and the Mr. Peanut icon that symbolizes them. Started by Italian immigrants Amedeo Obici and Mario Peruzzi in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1906, it was incorporated in 1908 that have been installed in municipalities across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , including Florida, the Carolina's, Toronto and Vancouver and locally in Thunder Bay. Greenstone green·stone n. Any of various altered basic igneous rocks colored green by chlorite, hornblende, or epidote. greenstone Noun NZ a type of green jade used for Maori carvings and ornaments and Marathon. Thunder Bay Ventures provided financial assistance to the company to help the company in its marketing efforts. Found Aircraft takes flight Just a few short years ago only nine Bush Hawks remained in use in the rugged wilderness this all Canadian icon was designed to work in. Now, 40 years later, one of its original designers, Bud Found, has brought the aircraft back into production at the Parry Sound Area Municipal Airport Parry Sound Area Municipal Airport, (IATA: YPD, TC LID: CNK4), is located 12 nautical miles (22.2 km) southeast of Parry Sound, Ontario Canada. See also
To say Bud "simply refined its 1950 design" is to greatly underscore the tenacity that Found has brought to this endeavour. With assistance from the Parry Sound Parry Sound, town (1991 pop. 6,125), S Ont., Canada, on Parry Sound, an inlet of Georgian Bay of Lake Huron. It is an active port and the center of a popular vacation area. Area Community Business and Development Centre (CFDC) and FedNor and IRAP IRAP Industrial Research Assistance Program (National Research Council, Canada) IRAP Imposta Regionale sulle Attività Produttive (Italy) IRAP Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Protein , Found was able to move forward with the design and engineering modifications that the current market requires. Bud 'officially' retired from the company at age 76 in 2000-2001, handing over the day-to-day operations to a team of investors who have ensured that the company has the capital it requires for production of the aircraft. Since opening in 1996 FAC FAC - Functional Array Calculator. An APL-like language, but purely functional and lazy. It allows infinite arrays. ["FAC: A Functional APL Language", H.-C. Tu and A.J. Perlis, IEEE Trans Soft Eng 3(1):36-45 (Jan 1986)]. has emphasized the need for training of its workforce and recruiting from the Parry Sound Area. A good number of the current 70 employees are from the Parry Sound community and a number have chosen to relocate to Parry Sound with Found Aircraft Canada. FAC has become an anchor tenant at our Airport and with the addition the 400 Series interchange adjacent to the Airport property, officials with the Town of Parry Sound look for continued good success for Found and the opportunity to attract other enterprise to the community. Salvage business cruising along Billy Solmes, owner and operator of Armour Bodies and Spare Parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. Motorcycle Salvage, has spent the last 16 years in North Bay. Over the last nine years, he has expanded the salvage business and established a new business--Armour Bodies. Solmes became a client of NECO Neco: see Necho. Community Futures Development Corp. in North Bay approximately 11 years ago when he started the motorcycle salvage business from his garage. The company provides customers with access to new and used parts for recreational vehicles, including street and off-road bikes, ATV's and snow machines. The company attracts customers from the US and a salvage dealer network. Solmes' second business, Armour Bodies Inc., is a manufacturing business that produces speciality fibreglass fibreglass or glass fibre Fibrous form of glass, developed in the 1930s. Liquid glass issues in fine streams through hundreds of fine nozzles, and the solidifying streams are gathered into a single strand and wound onto a spool. products for the motorcycle industry. The company specializes in racing bodies for the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Super Bike racing series and has quickly been recognized as a premier race body choice in Canada. Solmes and his products have been showcased in RoadRacing World and motorsport dealer and trade magazines. Solmes accessed funds through NECO for both of his businesses and has since then expanded his businesses to employ 15 full-time employees. Success marked by expansion John and Joan Olinsky of Espanola started their printing business in 1989 when they were scarcely more than kids, 21 and 19, and they started with nothing. LAMBAC LAMBAC LaCloche Manitoulin Business Assistance Corporation (Ontario, Canada) loaned them enough money to put up a building and purchase equipment, but the early years were tough. They started out doing only basic printing jobs. Both of them worked part-time at other jobs to make ends meet. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It took five years for the business to support them and allow them to start their family. Recently, they came back to LAMBAC for a loan to expand their premises. Their original location became a production facility and their office moved to a new location nearby. They have expanded their services to include larger print jobs, book publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like. , and an embroidery service. They also accept sub-contracts from as far away as Sault Ste. Marie Sault Sainte Marie — pronounced "Soo Saint Marie" (IPA /su seɪnt məˈɹi/) — is the name of two cities on the Saint Marys River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. and Timmins, in addition to the Manitoulin-Lacloche area. The reason for their success? According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Joan, "hard work!" They started small and worked long hours, growing the business gradually as they could afford to do so. Now they have staff of seven full-time and three part-time and are busy planning their next step. Chances are it will be just as successful! 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