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Firefighter Games and Prescott Trolley Kick Off a Busy Summer Event Season in Prescott | |
Father's Day weekend will be filled with activity in Prescott as the 112th Eastern Ontario Firefighters Games come to town!
The main event will take place on Saturday, June 15th at the Leo Boivin Community Centre, with opening ceremonies starting at 8:30 am and the competition running from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. The participants will take part in a parade down King Street at 7 pm, with prizes awarded at 8:00 pm.
As part of the festivities, the Prescott Fire Department is hosting a dance on Saturday evening featuring Tinted Wisdom and Healy & Orr. Tickets are $25 and available through the Prescott Fire Department, and will be for sale at the Explore Prescott booth at the Games on Saturday.
To help welcome the Games, the Town of Prescott is hosting a special Welcome Night event at the Prescott Pop-Ups on Friday, June 14th from 5 pm to 10 pm. Pop-Up vendors will be open all night long, a special Night Market will take place at the Pop-Ups, and local band Cajon and the Hollow Bodies will be playing from 7 pm to 10 pm.
|  | June 15th and 16th will also see the Prescott Trolley travelling Prescott, offering free hop-on/hop-off tours of Prescott. You will see the iconic Kingston Trolley Tours Red Trolley visiting sites around Prescott while providing historical background and information about businesses and special promotions around town. You can learn more about the Prescott Trolley, including stops and promotions, here. |  | |
This weekend is just the start of Prescott's event season. On Canada Day weekend, Canine Watersports Canada returns for the second year for their Make a Splash on Canada Day event.
Canada Day itself will kick off with a flag-raising ceremony at Fort Wellington, with free refreshments, a Colour Guard, and the firing of the Fort's largest working canon. Events will carry on at the waterfront, with family-friendly activities, Town giveaways, and an all-day market at the Pop-Ups, along with live entertainment with more being added to the schedule daily. Canada Day will conclude, as always, with fireworks in front of the Fort at dark.
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July 18th to 21st will see the return of Poutine Feast to the Prescott Pop-Ups. Multiple poutine trucks will line the waterfront with options from a classic curd and gravy to wild combinations like Buffalo Chicken Poutine and Sparticoke Dip Poutine.
August 10th marks the 2nd Annual Prescott Spiritual Wellness Fair at the Prescott Pop-Ups. Hosted by Downtown Prescott business Star Wellness, the Spiritual Wellness Fair brings unique spiritual & wellness products and services from vendors all around Eastern Ontario.
| For more information on Tourism programs and events in Prescott, follow #ExplorePrescottON on social media, visit our website, or contact us. | |
How the CIP Incentive Program Can Help Your Business | |
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Community Improvement Plan (CIP) Incentive Program funding helps support employment-oriented retrofits for new and existing businesses in Prescott creating jobs and increasing investment and business sustainability in our community.
CIP Incentive Program Accepting Applications
The Community Improvement Plan (CIP) Incentive Program supports local revitalization, beautification and economic development in the Town of Prescott by providing financial incentives for downtown revitalization, employment lands, heritage properties, housing developments and brownfield projects.
CIP funding is available to businesses and private property owners to help offset project costs that achieve the Town’s community planning and development goals. Eligible projects can receive a combination of non-repayable grants, 0% interest loans and tax incentives.
Interested in the Community Improvement Plan Incentive Program? Click here to learn more.
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Notice to Businesses about Sign Permit Requirements and Associated Design Guidelines for Downtown.
Prescott’s Downtown & RiverWalk District Sign Design Guidelines are a tool businesses can use to inform the design of meaningful, high quality signage that positively contributes to Prescott’s visual landscape and placemaking efforts. Signs located within the Downtown Core/RiverWalk District zoning area must comply with the Downtown Sign Design Guidelines and Sign By-Law #16-2019.
Signs that identify particular establishments are an important design element because they give character to public places and contribute to pedestrian scale and ambiance. Signs should be used together with other elements such as hanging baskets, flags, awnings and overhangs to suggest an overhead enclosure that emphasizes the visibility of storefronts at the pedestrian level.
All businesses are required to obtain a sign permit prior to installing new or updating existing signage.
Click Here to View the Sign Permit Application
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Mayor Gauri Shankar recently visited Papa Larry's Restaurant (178 King Street East) and Quality Creations (278 King Street West) to help celebrate important business milestones.
You can stay up-to-date on upcoming business anniversaries and grand openings, and see photos and livestreams of our business ribbon cuttings and celebrations, by following Invest Prescott on Facebook and Instagram.
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Downtown Prescott Adds Another New Retailer with La Boutique Thrift
"It was a dream I didn't know I had."
After the weeks of hard work, setbacks, and sweat equity that brought her to the end of her special Facebook followers-only soft opening on May 15th, La Boutique Thrift owner Cheryl Snelleman reflected on her journey to opening her new Downtown Prescott RiverWalk District store.
Located at 119 King Street West, La Boutique Thrift is a curated upscale thrift shop carrying a wide range of seconds, second-hand, and previously loved clothing for women, men, and children.
La Boutique Thrift is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm, and will be open late every Thursday starting June 27th as part of the Downtown Prescott BIA's RiverWalk Thursdays evening shopping promotion. You can find them on Facebook, Instagram, and online at https://www.laboutiquethrift.ca/.
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We Are Neighbours is an annual story sharing campaign designed to showcase the diversity of the peoples, ways of life, and experiences found here in Leeds and Grenville. Started in 2017, they’ve had stories from over 80 people, representing 30 different countries. To learn more, see stories from previous years, or to participate visit www.weareneighbours.ca. | |
Add Your Business to Prescott's Business Directory
Is your brick-and-mortar or home-based business located within the Town of Prescott? You can be listed on our online Business Directory!
Interested in being added? Complete our Business Registration Form.
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Sponsorship and Advertising Opportunities | |
Advertising Opportunities at the Alaine Chartrand Community Centre | |
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Advertising Opportunities are available at a variety of price points at Prescott's new Alaine Chartrand Community Centre, including board and wall signage.
For more information, contact Dana Valentyne at dvalentyne@prescott.ca.
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Make a Splash on Canada Day Sponsorship
Canine Watersports Canada is coming to Prescott this Canada Day weekend, and your business can get involved by helping sponsor the event!
Learn more about sponsorship levels and marketing opportunities by visiting http://bit.ly/3KCiSSx
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MaRS Entreprenuership 101
An Award-Winning Masterclass designed to help you start your business.
Created for aspiring founders who want a masterclass in entrepreneurship, this five-week, on-demand online course offers mentorship from experts, and all the tools you need to launch your startup.
Registration fee of $35 may apply.
Visit their Website to Learn More
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Business Benefits Finder
The Government of Canada's Business Benefits Finder can help you find loan, grant, and other government-funded opportunities for your business.
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The Amber Grant
WomensNet founded the “Amber Grant” in 1998. The grant was set up with one goal in mind: to honor the memory of a very special young woman, Amber Wigdahl, who died at just 19 years old — before realizing her business dreams.
Today, WomensNet carries on that tradition, proudly giving away at least $30,000 every month in Amber Grant money. In recognition of the diversity of businesses owned by women, they've expanded their grant-giving to include “Startup Grants,” “Business Category Grants,” as well as two “$25,000 Year End Grants.”
They announce the grant winners by the 23rd of the following month.
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Made By Women Grants
Monday Girl is teaming up with DoorDash to launch the Made by Women Grants, awarding $10,000 CAD grants to 15 women-owned restaurants to support the growth of their business. We’re committed to providing opportunities that help level the playing field for women chefs and restaurateurs and inspire and empower the next generations of women entrepreneurs in the restaurant industry.
Made by Women - part of DoorDash’s Entrepreneurship & Access program - celebrates what women in the restaurant industry bring to the table and provides resources, support, and amplification opportunities to support women-owned restaurants.
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The Community Futures Grenville Initiative provides non-repayable funding to support community economic development projects up to 50% of eligible project costs to a maximum of $3,000. Eligible Applicants include Not for profit organizations, Business Improvement Areas, and Municipalities located within or comprising Grenville County.
For full eligibility requirements, click here.
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Free online small business courses for Ontario entrepreneurs!
Small Business Centres Ontario offers a free e-learning series for entrepreneurs, with courses focused on every stage of business from concept to growth.
Always available, these courses offer an opportunity to gain new insight at your own pace, when time allows.
To Learn More, Visit their website here.
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Free BDC Business Guides
The Business Development Bank of Canada offers free e-book guides to help Canada's Entrepreneurs thrive and grow.
Each month, the Invest Prescott Newsletter highlights a different BDC Guide that can help your business.
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Business Valuation
This free guide from BDC will help you understand how to value your business. Discover how to work with a valuator, methods they use to determine the value of your business and how valuation impacts price.
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Other Funding & Business Support Programs
Rock My Business 3-part Workshop
Are you an entrepreneur looking to transform your idea into a thriving business or grow your newly launched small business? Register today for this free, virtual, three-part series, presented by Futurpreneur and RBC Future Launch. The series provides you with the tools to develop your idea, formalize your business plan and create a viable cashflow—all while connecting you with fellow entrepreneurs across Canada. Learn More Here.
Launch Lab Amplify Program
Launch Lab’s Amplify program accelerates innovative companies selling into business-to-business or business-to-consumer markets regionally, nationally or internationally. As an intensive, personalized 6-month program, participants work with Launch Lab’s Advisors to create a growth plan, designed to address specific growth challenges. Learn More Here.
Ontario Centre of Innovation - Digitalization Competence Centre
The Digitalization Competence Centre (DCC) is Ontario’s knowledge centre focused on driving the digital modernization of Ontario's small businesses, with two program streams available to support small businesses. The Digital Modernization and Adoption Stream (DMAP), which supports Ontario small businesses to better understand their organization’s technology needs, and the Technology Demonstration Program Stream, which supports Ontario small businesses that have completed a DMAP project. Learn More Here
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Community Futures Grenville is a community-based not-for-profit funded by the Federal Government to provide business loans and advice in Grenville County, including Prescott.
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The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is a Crown Corporation that offers loans, capital investments, and advice to Canada's Small- and Medium- Sized Businesses.
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Export Development Canada (EDC) is a Crown Corporation offering advice, financial solutions, equity, insurance, and connections for export-oriented businesses to help them navigate foreign markets.
Learn More.
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