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About CFWO

What We Do?

Community Futures Western Ontario (CFWO) is a non-profit, community driven organization. Through our 21 Community Futures offices located across rural western Ontario and our SOFII program, we support business development and growth and offer business loans.

It may seem like we are a lot like other lenders and business development agencies. The truth is we are very different: we understand small business in rural Ontario like nobody else. We live and work in the communities that you do and know that rural communities thrive when small businesses do. Our business succeeds when you do.

Each CFDC has personal mandates that are specific within the community in which they serve. However, similar goals of each CFDC include the desire to create jobs, help small and medium business owners thrive, and implement initiatives that will promote community development. The CFDC program is nothing new. Organizations like these have been in operation throughout Southwestern Ontario for over 30 years.

Each Community Futures office provides flexible and affordable small business loans, business coaching/training services and business management tools for people wanting to start, expand, franchise, or sell a rural business. We offer additional supports to priority sectors identified by Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).

Find your nearest Community Futures office to find out more.

Our Programs

Board Members

Who We Are

Sarah Meharg

CFWO Executive Director

519-752-0381 ext. 5
sarahm@wocfdca.com

Shari Cole

Marketing and Communication Officer

519-752-0381 ext. 3
shari@wocfdca.com

Jerry Makohon

SOFII Loans Officer

519-752-0381 ext. 2
jerry@wocfdca.com

Walter Lehman

Director, SOFII

519-752-0381 ext. 4
walterl@wocfdca.com

Board Members

Allan Simm, GM

Community Futures Oxford

519-425-0401
asimm@cfoxford.ca
www.cfoxford.ca

Barb Fisher, GM

Bruce Community Futures

519-396-8141
bfisher@bmts.com
www.bruce.on.ca

Arthur Barrows, GM

North Simcoe Community Futures Development Corporation

705-435-1540
abarrows@nscfdc.on.ca
www.nscfdc.on.ca

Sara McLellan, GM

Enterprise Brant

519-752-4636
smclellan@enterprisebrant.com
www.enterprisebrant.com

Dave Vince, GM

Two Rivers Community Development Centre

519-445-4567
davevince@tworivers.ca
www.tworivers.ca

Diane Malenfant, GM

Community Futures Essex County

519-776-4611
diane@cfessexcounty.ca
www.CFEssexCounty.ca

Donna Pollock, GM

Community Futures Development Corporation of Chatham-Kent

226-996-1234
donna.pollock@cfdcck.on.ca
www.cfdccl.on.ca

Frank Rupcic, GM

Venture Niagara

905-680-8085
frankr@ventureniagara.com
www.ventureniagara.com

Gillian Fairley, GM

Community Futures South Georgian Bay

705-445-8410
gfairley@cfsouthgeorgianbay.ca
www.cfsouthgeorgianbay.ca

Kevin Jackson, GM

Elgin Business Resource Centre

519-633-7597
kjackson@elgincfdc.ca
www.elgincfdc.ca

Wendy Timpano, GM

Orillia Area Community Development Corporation

705-325-4903
wtimpano@orilliacdc.com
www.orilliacdc.com

Martin Kuzman, GM

Nottawasaga Futures

705-435-1540
martin@nottawasaga.com
www.nottawasaga.com

Meghan Marshall, GM

Perth Community Futures Development Corporation

519-814-7570
meghan@perthcfdc.ca
www.perthcfdc.ca

Paul Nichol, GM

Community Futures Huron

226-889-8256
pnichol@cfhuron.ca
www.cfhuron.ca

Phyllis George, GM

Tecumseh Community Development Corporation

519-332-5151
phyllis@tcdc.on.ca
www.tcdc.on.ca

Rick Whittaker, GM

Wellington-Waterloo Community Futures

519-846-9839
rick@wwcf.ca
www.wwcf.ca

Rose Austin, GM

Saugeen Economic Development Corp.

519-799-5750
rose@sbdc.ca
www.sbdc.ca

Tauri Caputo, GM

Grand Erie Business Centre

905-765-5005
tcaputo@granderie.com
www.granderie.com

Todd Copeland, GM

Community Futures Middlesex

519-641-6100
tcopeland@cfmiddlesex.ca
www.cfmiddlesex.ca

Sarah Reaume, GM

Sarnia-Lambton Business Development Corporation

(519) 383-1371
sreaume@slbdc.com
www.slbdc.com

Find Your Local Office

CF Western Ontario/SOFII Follow

Offering business services & financing to small and medium sized businesses in Southwestern ON through our Community Futures Development Corporation members.

CFWOntario
CF Western Ontario/SOFII @cfwontario ·
22 Sep

We are back! Click below for episode 11 of What Keeps You Up at Night - The Life of an Entrepreneur.

@ShaunaRae67 chats with Ashley McFayden about what being a female entrepreneur means to her and the obstacles she faced along the way.

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CF Western Ontario/SOFII @cfwontario ·
22 Sep

Nous sommes de retour! Cliquez ci-dessous pour l’épisode 11 de What Keeps You Up at Night - The Life of an Entrepreneur.

@ShaunaRae67 discute avec Ashley McFayden de ce que signifie pour elle le fait d’être une femme entrepreneure.

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CF Western Ontario/SOFII @cfwontario ·
22 Sep

Announcement:
Due to Technical Difficulties, yesterdays episode 11 of What Keeps You Up at Night - The Life of an Entrepreneur was not aired.

Stay tuned today at 3:00PM sharp for episode 11, featuring Ashley McFayden owner of Taiden's Treehouse, located in Midland Ontario.

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CF Western Ontario/SOFII @cfwontario ·
21 Sep

Community Futures Western Ontario is excited for @_BryanMay, MP and his new role as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario!
We look forward to meeting some day soon.

@FedDevOntario @ComFuturesON https://twitter.com/FedDevOntario/status/1704903400666661358

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CF Western Ontario/SOFII @cfwontario ·
21 Sep

Southern Ontario is thrilled to have someone as dedicated as Minister @FilomenaTassi. On behalf of the Community Futures Program in Western Ontario we want to thank you for all your support for the future on Southern Ontario and the businesses that keep us strong. @FedDevOntario

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103 Inverness Street,
Caledonia, ON N3W 1B1

(519) 752-0381

Southern Ontario Fund for Investment in Innovation (SOFII)

103 Inverness Street,
Caledonia, ON N3W 1B1

(519) 752-0381

This project is funded by the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario.

Ce projet est financé par le gouvernement du Canada à travers l’Agence fédérale de développement économique pour le Sud de l’Ontario.

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