Image: Huron County Courthouse
Six businesses have received micro-financing from the County of Huron, as part of the Huron Recovery Grant Program.
The grant provides $2,500 for small businesses in Huron County that have continued to make significant changes as they pivot to maintain operations and adapt to COVID-19 realities.
The successful recipients include:
– Morrison Berries (Lucknow), who will use the funding to facilitate the nutrition labelling requirements needed to resell their frozen berries at off-farm locations.
– Pick a Posie (Blyth), who purchase more traditional advertising spots (wayfinding signage and other forms of print advertising) to help create awareness to the local market.
– Steve and Mary’s On the Square (Goderich), who will use the funding for longer-term advertising ventures including a car wrap and more.
– The Cotton Harvest Quilt Shop (Seaforth) will be using the money to enhance their workshop space to accommodate social distancing and increase the quality of their online classes.
– The Family Tree (Wingham), who will use the funding to update their current point of sale (POS) system to a cloud-based system, shift to using an app based system for consigners and upgrade their hardware for processing sales and managing their social media.
– The Yoga Den (Goderich), who will enhance their website and purchase technology for improved online classes including a camera and an online storage system to create a better, user-friendly product for their clients.
This program was led by the Huron County Economic Development department, with $15 thousand in funds and training support provided through a partnership with Community Futures Huron.