The Centre For Business and Economic Development is a not-for-profit Community Futures Development Corporation sponsored by Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. We’re governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and are one of 61 CFDCs in Ontario.
Our mandate is to develop and diversify the local economy. We are a one-stop business resource for new and expanding businesses and offer:

The Centre For Business services the Georgian Triangle and Dufferin County, specifically Meaford, Town of the Blue Mountains, Collingwood, Wasaga Beach, Township of Clearview, Orangeville, Shelburne, Mono, Townships of Amaranth, East Garafraxa, East Luther, Grand Valley, Melancthon, and Mulmur.
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The Centre For Business and Economic Development is looking for Board Members in the Georgian Triangle. Lending to Small Business owners, the Centre For Business is a not-for-profit organization whose mandate is to support small businesses which create jobs in our communities. The Centre For Business has been operating for 27 years. Service is provided [...]
One of the best support systems you can use to drive your business development, is to have a mentor. In fact, “I’ve discovered that most top executives have mentors,” says Faye Ego, local entrepreneur and member of The Centre For Business Mentoring Program.
The Centre For Business offers loans up to $150,000 to eligible clients who have been unsuccessful in getting a loan from traditional lending institutions.
We’re a high tech business that manufactures acoustic sensors for the aerospace, defense and medical industries…The Centre gave us the support and capital we needed.”
– Eswar Prasad
Sensor Technology Ltd., Collingwood