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Coaching & planning

Business lending

Workshops

Exporting beyond your local market

Are you established and now trying to grow your client base and get the word out there?

Looking to grow your business?

Since 1986, Community Futures has been helping small businesses throughout the Fraser Fort George Region. During the past 34 years, we have authorized loans totalling more than $30.6 million to over 773 businesses, creating or maintaining over 3,412 jobs.

Find out how Community Futures can help. Join us for a free information session every Thursday at alternating locations. Please phone (250) 562-9622 for more info, or to register.

Check out our events and workshops calendar for upcoming offerings.

We Can Help you get started. And help you keep going.

Coaching

Community Futures provides entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs with confidential business coaching and support on a wide variety of issues.

We excel at listening as well as asking the hard questions that challenge and inspire. While we don’t make direct referrals, we also can provide a list of local professionals with the expertise you may need for a specific business issue.

Planning

Learn a step-by-step process to develop the components of a Business plan, marketing plan, HR plan, product packaging, or marketing materials.

Are you in the Export business?

Your market just got bigger.

The Export Navigator offers businesses access to community-based export specialists.

Exporting allows you to expand the horizons of your small business beyond the local market. Export Navigator’s community-based advisors provide FREE support and ongoing guidance to help your business grow outside of B.C. Whether you need export advice or help with developing export strategies and researching new markets, we are standing by to connect you with expert guidance.

Find Out More!

Need more information? Call Now!

1-800-661-2055 or 250-562-9622

Regional Outreach Program

The team at Community Futures Fraser Fort George (CF FFG) continuously does outreach to the people, businesses and communities we serve; however, when funding is available, we are excited to ramp up our outreach services by retaining three Regional Business Liaisons to do enhance the number of connections and services provided. We do this by hosting one part-time Reginal Business Liaison to do outreach in each of the Fraser Fort George areas: Mackenzie, Prince George and Robson Valley.

2020-2021 (extended to summer 2022): Funding through Northern Development Initiative Trust and the receipt of Covid funding from PacifiCan enabled CF FFG to enhance our regional outreach to support the businesses and communities during the pandemic. This was an 18-month program that provided an opportunity to provide relevant resources to the businesses and non-profits in the communities and to gather information on their needs (thus, identifying gaps in services being provided). A robust report was generated along with a summary of this report, and community/area specific reports; all are available by request.

2023-24: Launching June 1, 2023, CF FFG is grateful to be the recipient of the 2023-24, Northern Development Initiative Trust Regional Business Liaison Grant as this will provide an opportunity to enhance our outreach across the region. There will, once again be a part-time Regional Business Liaison placed in each of the areas (Mackenzie, Prince George and Robson Valley) and they will be tasked with providing up-to-date resources to the businesses and non-profits while engaging with these communities to understand what has changed since Covid and where there is a need to fill gaps in support and services.

Want to connect to a Regional Business Liaison or receive the past reports? Please send an emails request to: general@cfdc.bc.ca be sure to include your name, outline your request and most importantly, how we can get in touch with you.