GPA EDC’S BUSINESS ADVISORY CENTRE ANNOUNCES 7 NEW YOUTH BUSINESSES

[PETERBOROUGH, ON] The Business Advisory Centre, a division of the Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation (GPA EDC), is pleased to announce seven new youth business starts in the Peterborough region through the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation’s 2012 Summer Company Program:

“We are extremely pleased with this year’s selection of Summer Company students,” stated Elizabeth Teleki, Manager of the Business Advisory Centre. “Every year it’s exciting to see the types of businesses that we are presented with, and the successes these students find with them. Small business is the backbone of our economy and we’re happy to help these students enter the world on entrepreneurship.”

The Business Advisory Centre is the program provider for the City and County of Peterborough. Since 2001, the Summer Company Program has assisted over 100 students in starting and running their own summer businesses in the Peterborough Region.

Summer Company is a youth program offered by the Ministry of Economic Development & Innovation (MEDI). The program provides students aged 15 to 29 with start-up funding and business training to open and operate their own businesses for the duration of the summer. Each student is assigned a volunteer mentor from within the community to provide guidance as they run their businesses throughout the summer.

The mission of the GPA EDC is to assist the City and County of Peterborough with the development of an environment that facilitates the creation of wealth and expanded employment in a manner that increases our citizens’ standard of living and improves quality of life.

For additional information please contact Kate Young, Communications Officer

705.743.0777 Ext. 2134, kyoung@gpaedc.on.ca @youngk8e @PtboEcDev