Petawawa Business
1111 Victoria Street K8H 2E6 Petawawa, ON, Canada

The BDC offers a series of free webinars for businesses and entrepreneurs.

Not sure which federal financial supports you are eligible for? Use the Government of Canada's Benefit Finder tool to help guide you towards programs that may be able to help you and your business: https://innovation.ised-isde.canada.ca/s/?language=en_CA

Support for local business is about community development! Continue to shop local. A great resource that can help connect you with the local businesses in the Petawawa community is www.shoppetawawa.ca.

Shop at Home for the Holidays! Many great local businesses offer a variety of purchasing options, including curbside pick up, delivery, storefront and online. Be a local business supporter and support the businesses that support your community! Looking to support businesses in Petawawa check out www.shoppetawawa.ca a one stop resource to connect you with our business community and their social and online retail platforms.

Did you know? Three business highlight... Peak Hot Yoga is more than just a yoga studio. They support a whole mind, body enhancement through a diverse series of movement instructional classes. They also feature a selection of retail products including lululemon merchandise. Be sure to check out one of Petawawa’s newest businesses and support them as your shop local for the holidays. Petawawa Pizzeria is authentic Mediterranean cuisine. Jimmy prides himself on fresh, quali...ty ingredients in each and every homemade meal. Known for their mouth-watering pizzas, this longstanding local eatery has just launched a new menu. Take out and dine in options available and they offer gift certificates. Share a Petawawa Pizzeria meal with someone on your Christmas list. Burnt Bridge Quality Meats is your one stop locally sourced farm to table product supplier in Petawawa. In this store you will find fresh and frozen meat and meat products, Thornloe cheese, Mrs. McGarrigles’ Fine Mustards Fine Foods products, baking supplies along with Kawartha Lakes ice cream and other seasonal selections. A great option if you are looking to create a basket of goodies to send to someone for the holidays! Be sure to support local this holiday season and discover all the great products Petawawa businesses have to offer! To connect with all these great businesses and more head over to www.shoppetawawa.ca.

12-Week Food Venture Bootcamp Do you have a great recipe or food business idea? Are you a restaurant or café owner who wants to add a new revenue stream by pac...kaging and selling your products or sauces? Do you plan on opening a food or beverage business in 2021? Have you been selling food at the local markets and now it is time to take your business to the next level? ERC has purchased spaces in the Food Venture Program. This course will help you to grow your food business, scale up your products, packaging and nutrition labelling and financial feasibility. The 12 Week Food Venture Bootcamp, will teach you many of the requirements for the food industry. You will receive live instructions and 1-1 professional food industry mentoring. Call Kim Fraser @ 613-735-8224 for more details. Course is online and starts on February 17th, 2021, spaces are limited. To qualify you must live and operate your business within the County of Renfrew. Check out: Food Venture Program website for program details. https://www.foodventureprogram.com/fvpworkshop

Did you know? Three business highlight... TintPro has a Facebook giveaway right now that features an amazing selection of items. Be sure to check it out and play along for your chance to win. Tint Pro also offers gift certificates so you can gift someone a car starter installation or vehicle tinting this holiday season. Beyond Nutrition Petawawa offers a full line of health foods, supplements, vitamins, herbs, organics, essential oils and features a selection of items from l...ocal producers, including honey. Remi, is celebrating 20 years of business in Petawawa, this year, and would love to help you select products to support your whole health. M.A.D Hair Designz is celebrating five years in Petawawa. Congratulations Maia! In honour of this, Maia is offering 20% off hair products which can be purchased through the salons online portal. Be sure to support local this holiday season and discover all the great products Petawawa businesses have to offer! To connect with all these great businesses and more head over to www.shoppetawawa.ca.

Auction remains open until December 15th. More than 135 posts with items available to bid on. Go to the event page Paw It Forward Howliday Auction. So many wonderful local businesses, area artisans and residents have donated items to this event. All proceeds from the auction support the Ontario SPCA Renfrew County Animal Centre. Check it out - and get some treats for your favourite pet and for yourself! Here are some of the amazing Petawawa businesses who have donated or ...had items donated to this auction which you can bid on. Check out all the posts many of these businesses products are featured in multiple posts. Shout out to Looking Glass Toys & Games, Petawawa Animal Hospital Pet Valu Petawawa J&E's Bored N' Saucy Magically Clean Bright Eyes & Bushy Tails Dog House Brewing Company Ltd. Starbucks Petawawa Mike's Hardware Doors & So Much More Watch My 6 Service Dogs Your Independent Grocer and GearHeads Petawawa.

Ottawa Business Journal and its partners have launched STUFF Made and Built in Eastern Ontario, a multimedia project that explores regional manufacturing. Renfrew County is featured in pages 42 and 43 of this digital resource and you will see many or our Renfrew County manufacturing businesses are highlighted either with employment opportunities or featured in some of the 35 coolest things made in Eastern Ontario. The digital magazine features articles on topics such as log...istics, warehousing, food production and educational programs that help people develop careers in manufacturing and skilled trades. Made in Ontario is a new provincial designation, born from COVID-19, to identify and showcase products that are made in Ontario. As consumers, and to support local business, this resource helps you find those Ontario made products. If you have a product, want to register your product or are looking for an Ontario made product you can do all that at the Support Ontario Made website https://www.supportontariomade.ca/

We would really love if everybody could leave us a review on our Facebook page and Google! It would help more than you could imagine thank you! #goodtimes #SupportSmallBusiness #supportlocalbusiness #golf #supportlocal #weareinthistogether #thankyou #weappreciateyoursupport

This is a new round of funding available to local Renfrew County businesses through Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation. ATTENTION: The Regional Relief & Recovery Fund has REOPENED! NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS To Apply:... - Go to www.rccfdc.org/financing - Scroll down to the fillable form; enter your contact information and click send. - An application will be automatically sent to your email address. If you don’t receive the application within five minutes (don’t forget to check your junk mail), contact [email protected] - Email your completed application to [email protected] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF) provides financial contributions (interest-free loans) to help support fixed operating costs of SMEs, where business revenues have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding available through RCCFDC: In order to provide targeted assistance to the small towns and communities they serve, RCCFDC will focus on assisting sole proprietorship main street businesses, such as retail shops, restaurants, corner stores, and businesses of strategic importance to their communities, with loans up to $40,000. Details of the RRRF Loan: - Maximum assistance will be $40,000 - 0% interest and no principal payments until December 31, 2022 - Principal repayments can be voluntarily made at any time - 5% (not to exceed $10,000) of the loan can be forgiven provided the recipient has paid 75% of the original loan amount prior to December 31, 2022 - If the recipient is unable to repay the loan by December 31, 2022, the loan will be converted to a three-year term loan with interest rates of 5%, effective January 1, 2023. The full balance must be repaid no later than December 31, 2025. - Grants and non-repayable contributions are prohibited Eligible RCCFDC applicants must also meet the following criteria: - Established prior to March 1, 2020; - Impacted adversely by the COVID-19 pandemic; - Viable and not experiencing other financial difficulties prior to March 1, 2020; - Have attempted to access other federal relief supports and were ineligible, rejected, or require funding for expenses that have not been supported, with priority given to applicants who were ineligible or rejected from other federal relief supports. See more

WOW Petawawa! Thanks so much for helping the Petawawa Pantry - Food Bank by raising $661.50. This money represents a portion of sales from BeaverTails Mobile Pembroke-Peterborough when they were in Petawawa on November 6-8th. Over $1200 has been raised and donated to the Petawawa Pantry from BeaverTails from their first visit in June and then this November visit. Congratulations!

Did you know? Three business highlight... Full Spectrum Gear has just launched a new website with enhanced shopping and wish list selection capacities? They offer a great selection of military and outdoor gear and are running a raffle, right now, for a Ninja Hot and Cold Brewing System. Millbrook Tactical Petawawa has a full assortment of military supplies and merchandise and is running a fill your stocking with your favourite merchandise promotion right now.... Valley Gunsmithing offers more than just guns and knives. This store has a full line of camping, hunting and rugged outdoor wear, military surplus and varied products including a line of freeze dried foods. Be sure to support local this holiday season and discover all the great products Petawawa businesses have to offer! To connect with all these great businesses and more head over to www.shoppetawawa.ca.

Let's creat more economic opportunities for small scale food producers and processors in Renfrew County. Take the online survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VKM7RFC

Nearly 85% of Canadians now buy on the web. You can’t afford to neglect your online presence. Join BDC's experts for a free, live webinar, where they will offe...r advice on how to optimize your online presence to attract and convert visitors through a better customer experience. http://ow.ly/33cF50Cgzla See more

Communities are collaborating to bring forward a "Light Up the Valley" event. As a business you can participate in this very grassroots concept that encourages you to decorate your site, maybe a little extra this year, for the enjoyment and pleasure of the community. To participate simply register so that you can be sent promotional materials to share on your social pages and in your business window. Participants are asked to register here: https://bit.ly/LightUpTheValley... and to have their decorations up by November 30th. The public will enjoy the lighted decorations by foot or by vehicle over the month of December. Thank you to the collaborating partners, Town of Petawawa, Township of Laurentian Valley, The City of Pembroke and Township of Whitewater Region for working together to bring this concept forward. Happy Health and Holidays!

Dan and Carolyn Criger, owners of Criger's Country Décor, have announced their retirement, after 40 years of business in Petawawa. Their entrepreneurial journey is briefly captured in an article and some photos posted on the municipal website at www.petawawa.ca. Celebrating 40 years in business and 50 years married, Dan and Carolyn have travel and exploration in mind as part of their retirement agenda. Be sure to stop by, before the end of the month, to wish them well on their next adventure.

An offer for veterans and military personnel from Valley SmokeHouse.

We are excited to announce Cheryl Himburg as one of our workshop presenters! Have you ever experienced uncertainty about how to value your time and services? Ha...s that become more confusing now that so much has moved online? Cheryl Himburg can help. She is an ambitious coach for your personal success, and as a certified mindset and leadership coach, Cheryl leverages her corporate experience and training to empower her clients to shatter their own glass ceiling and achieve results! Make sure to register for our Re:imagine event to save your virtual seat at Cheryl’s workshop, Pricing and Service Value in the Digital Age! Register now at paro.live/home #proudPAROwomen #strongPAROwoman #PAROdise #RE:Imagine #womenentrepreneurs #ontariowomen #womensupportwomen

We can't wait to see you Welcoming all military members and veterans to come on by for a FREE haircut today between 9am - 6pm! No appointment necessary, come on in! THANK YOU for your service and we'll see you soon.

BeaverTails Mobile Pembroke-Peterborough is in Petawawa at the Kin Hut location, this weekend. Like the last time they were here, a portion of the sales will be donated to the Petawawa Pantry - Food Bank. So while you get a treat you are also supporting a worthy organization! Happy weekend!

We are grateful for the eleven local businesses that have graciously donated their products and services for our event to-go bags. Our Remembrance Day event is... approaching fast on Monday, November 9th so don't forget to save the date in your calendar! We will be sharing sneak peaks of our to-go bags on our FaceBook and Instagram so keep updated on our preparations leading up to the big event. Thank you to all of our local businesses who donated to make this event so special for our military members and veterans!

On November 11, 2020 SunnysideUp would like to thank our Canadian Military, Veterans, and first responders, by offering 6$ breakfast your choice of bacon, ha...m, or sausage 2 eggs any style and toast available from 7 am - 1 pm. In house and take out only. Proof of I ID is required or in uniform See more

Order in advance to display in time for Remembrance Day. Available at The Country Cupboard.

In consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health & other health experts, Ontario is releasing a transparent COVID-19 response framework with targeted, i...ncremental & responsive public health measures to help limit the spread of COVID-19 & to protect the health & safety of Ontarians, while avoiding broader closures. news.ontario.ca//ontario-releases-covid-19-response-framew See more

#BREAKING: Ontario has announced major changes to how it will impose COVID-19 shutdowns, introducing a new tiered system for when to impose lockdowns and closures.