What is Community Futures?
Community Futures Big Country is one of 90 Community Future offices in Western Canada. We operate as independent, non-profit organizations, in partnership with Western Economic Diversification Canada.
Community Futures are non-profit organizations guided by a volunteer board of directors and staffed with business professionals who together are actively engaged in helping to develop and implement community-based economic development strategies. This federal initiative recognizes that local people and communities are best able to solve their problems and shape their futures.
Community Futures are user-friendly business development centres that control and manage investment funds from which they make fully repayable loans to community members who are interested in starting or expanding their own businesses.
Community Futures are entrepreneurial development centres that provide one-on-one business training to assist individuals who are interested in self-employment or in expanding their business.
Community Futures are proactive, progressive community organizations dedicated to strengthening both their community’s entrepreneurs and their community’s economy as a whole. For more information, please visit the Community Futures Alberta website.
