On Thursday September 13th, Mayor Dave Aspden will join the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) and the Greater Barrie Business Enterprise Centre (GBBEC) aboard the Serendipity Princess on a thank-you luncheon cruise for local mentors of the Summer Company program.
Summer Company is a Provincial Program that assists selected students in starting and running a summer business by providing them with a grant of $3000.00, a series of business startup workshops, and a mentoring team of community business experts to work with throughout the summer. This year eight local students were selected for the program through the GBBEC. Those students include: Natalie Ornella, Christine Delong, Russell Kennedy, Tyler Nadeau, Jordan Sookwah-Ragobeer, Paul Scala, Eric Bohach and Jeramie Hallyburton. The students who are all experiencing success this summer will be aboard the boat Thursday to show their appreciation to their mentors.
Mentors being honoured are: Chartered Accountant - Rychard Lardner, Bookkeeper/Accountant - Irene Byrne, Staples Business Depot manager - Diana Sayer, Tourism Barrie director – Kathleen Trainor, RBC Royal Bank representative – Stephanie MacRae, HSBC branch manager - Sheila Boswell, Piggybank Technology’s Scott Gingrich, and Brian Chiupka of the The Achievement Centre.
TerrI Plaxton Smith, GBBEC Manager, says, “We are so fortunate to have such a wealth of business expertise in the Greater Barrie area. Not only is there a large talented pool to draw from, but it is a very generous one at that! This is our 8th year administering this program for the Province, and we are never short of experts who are willing to volunteer their time and expertise to assist the student participants.”
The GBBEC is one of 46 Enterprise Centres across the Province that is funded by the Provincial Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to assist entrepreneurs who are starting or growing their businesses.
Monday, August 10, 2009
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