Economic development aid program for ag businesses launched
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An economic development campaign focused on helping agricultural businesses in the area recently kicked off in Sarnia-Lambton.
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The $48,000 project, including 50 per cent funding through the Ontario Rural Economic Development (RED) program, includes one-on-one meetings with a consultant to discuss things like marketing and succession planning, virtual farm tours and a video series looking at local agricultural businesses – highlighting career pathways, sector technology and other aspects – and an upcoming seminar series also focused on those topics, officials with the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership said.
The program focusing specifically on agriculture – key in the county, including in Sarnia – is an “exciting” extension of the support the partnership already provides for main street businesses, manufacturers and others, partnership CEO Stephen Thompson said.
“The primary focus is…
