Funded Projects

Current
    Access to Capital – “Patient capital” Loans to Small Business

• Advanced Manufacturing - Cynergy Composites
• Agri-business Trucking Base - Manary Trucking
• Agribusiness Working Capital - SCOR FoodHub
• Agribusiness Expansion - Tail Waggin Dog Ranch
• Agriculture Expansion - By The Way
• Agri-Food Business Expansion - Turning Leaf Family Farm
• Agri-Food Processing Plant - Auvergne Farms Limited, Jakeman's Maple Products
• B and B Renovations - Clonmell Castle
• Brewery & Restaurant Startup - Charlotteville Brewing Company
• Business Expansion - Raw For Pets
• Ethanol Plant Expansion - Integrated Grain Processors Cooperative Inc
• Gouda goat cheese production - Chanoki Cheese
• Green Business Expansion - GAW Recycling
• Greenhouse Expansion - Patterson Farms
• Indoor shrimp aquaculture - Planet Shrimp
• Kitchen Expansion - Pinecroft Ceramic Art Studio Ltd
• Machine Shop Enhancement - Bear Technologies Inc.
• Manufacturing Equipment Purchase - Caris Welding
• Manufacturing Equipment Purchase - Halide Emulsion Labs
• Manufacturing Equipment Upgrade - Pavaco Products
• New manufacturing business - Valesco Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• New Manufacturing Plant - Xcel Fabrication and Design Ltd
• Orchard Expansion - Simcoe Orchards
• Revitalization for Tourist Destination - Brantford Artisan's Village
• Tourism Business Expansion - Clocktower Bistro
• Zipline Adventure Park - Radical Lines

Up to March 2012
    Access to Capital – “Patient capital” Loans to Small Business

• Adaptation & mfg of winter cooling towers -  Waltco Systems Ltd.
• Employee purchase of business - Advanced Machining
• Algae Production Facility – The Flower Ranch
• BinPak compactor manufacturing - Modern Waste Products Inc.
• New facility - Brewer Wood Products
• Bath system manufacturing - Canadian Acrylics
• Biomass production - Canadian Biofuel
• CASO station restoration – North American Railway Hall of Fame
• Facility expansion - Catfish Creek Hatchery Expansion
• Potted calla lilies production - Clearwater Gardens
• New product lines - Colonial Wood Products
• New business - Coppa di Gelato Artisan Dairy Facility
• Licorice production - Crimson Local Jobs
• Development of winery - Burning Kiln Winery
  
• New agri-tourism business - Eco Safari
• Edible fat processing – Timco Foods Ltd.
• Expansion into automotive textiles - Enns Textile
• Expansion 1 of Lavender farm - Purple Daze Lavender
• Expansion 2 of Lavender farm - Purple Daze Lavender
• Greenhouse upgrades - Family Flowers  Inc.
• Geothermal drilling – Contract Drilling Professionals Inc.
• Soap, lotion, bath gel manufacturing - Great Lakes Design Ltd.
• New business – Gunn’s Hill Artisan Cheese
• Fruit & winery services - South Coast Fruit & Vintner Consulting
• New installation of water/sewer systems - Jefferson Junction Family Campground
• Logging and saw mill expansion for log homes - Mill Hill Canada Inc.
• Manufacture and sales of ramps - Access and Mobility Systems Inc.
• Manufacturing expansion - Xcel Fabrication and Design Ltd.
• Market expansion - Sprouts for Life
• New business - DrillTech Canada
• New efficiency systems - Tiercel Technology Corp.
• New flooring product - KOR-RITE Manufacturing Inc./Murado International
• New Maple Tree Variety – Tunpetti Corp.
• On farm bakery expansion - O'Shea's Farm
• Plant expansion and new equipment - Tillsonburg Tube Inc.
• Potato processing facility - Norfolk Select Potato Company Inc.
• New product expansion - Railway City Brewery
• New fish farm business - Sand Plains Aquaculture
• Seafood processing expansion - Henry H. Misener Ltd.
• Pre-cultivated sedum products - Sedum Master Inc.
• Business expansion - Seven Sisters Tree Farm
• New shallot storage barn – Frank Schroyens & Sons
• Solar panel installation - Shelegy Organics
• Installation of home solar units - Solar Team
• Expand into synthetic & natural grass mix - South Huron Turf
• Submarine moving and mounting - Project Ojibwa/Elgin Military Museum
• Expansion of product line - Trim-rite Wood Products
• Expansion of horse show facilities - Warwick Equestrian
• Welding Shop Expansion – Caris Welding & Fabricating

    Community Development Support

• Agribusiness labour market analysis – Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie
• Business Incubator Regional Consultation
• DVD on War of 1812 - Living History Multimedia Association
• Crop research – Sand Plains Supper Foods 4 Health/Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement
• Evaluation of lavender varieties – Ontario Lavender Association
• Upgrade hybrid apple line – Norfolk Food Growers Association
• Marketing use of facility for research - Long Point Waterfowl/Bird Studies Canada
• New tourism organization – Tourism Middlesex
• Museum/submarine planning project - Project Ojibwa & Municipality of Bayham
• Norfolk Rural Transportation Administrator Pilot Study
• Analysis of fruit & vegetable production – Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Grower Association
• Oxford Rural Transportation Study
• Evaluation – Best management practices for perennial grass production for biomass – University of Guelph
• Project Coordinator - Erie Innovation/Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Grower Association
• Hiring/Human Resources – Elgin County Railway Museum
• Red Hatters attraction study - Port Dover Board of Trade
• Marketing campaign - Regional Studio Tour Marketing
• Rubber Research – University of Guelph
• Strategy Development – The Path Forward/South Central Ontario Region (SCOR)
• Establish association - South Coast Wineries & Growers Association
• Develop barn quilt trail – South Coast Barn Quilt Trail
• Promotion Catalogue - Studio Tour Marketing Network
• Study of Jerusalem Artichoke – Valorization of Alternative Crops – Western University
• Study of the use of barn quilts – Lasting Tales Barn Quilt Trail
• Tourism product development study - Ontario’s South Coast Tourism Alliance
• Plan activities and events - War of 1812