OCTOBER 1ST
IN THE REVIEW: Celebrate 30 Years of The Blue Mountains Public Library; Community Improvement Plan Grants open; Canada Post Strike; Poppy Fund; In Memoriams; Open Fields Farm Tour; Grey County Committee of the Whole Sept. 25; Reunion; Tim Oliver wins in Amsterdam; New Craigleith Fire Hall; Georgian Triangle Humane Society 50-50; Chapman’s Invests Over $200 Million; Women United 2025 Grants Now Open; October Fall's Fable; Ontario Protectingthe Great Lakes; Tree Trust 5th Anniversary; Beaver Valley Concert Band; SweetStrings; Beaver Valley Probus Club; Town receives $2,128,245 for Infrastructure from the Province; Grey Sauble Conservation Authority Strategic Plan; New Gym in town
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BDC Small Business Week is a national celebration of Canadian entrepreneurs and their contribution to Canada’s economy. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has been organizing Small Business Week since 1979.[1] It takes place every year during the third full week of October. Events held during the week bring together entrepreneurs—and prospective entrepreneurs—at conferences, workshops, luncheons and trade fairs across Canada.[2] The goal is to provide them with opportunities to learn, network, share ideas and socialize with their peers.[3]
History
Small Business Week began in 1979 when the branches of the Federal Business Development Bank (as BDC was then known) in British Columbia’s Lower Fraser Valley organized a week of small business management training sessions for entrepreneurs. They called the initiative Small Business Week. Employees in British Columbia repeated the experiment the following year and, in 1981, Small Business Week was officially launched nationwide.[4]
Impact
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and local chambers and boards of trade across Canada[5] collaborate with BDC on organizing Small Business Week events.[6] Over the years, other Crown corporations and large companies have also participated as sponsors.[7] Each year, hundreds of activities across Canada attract thousands of business people to Small Business Week.[3] Small Business Week has been a registered trademark of the Business Development Bank of Canada since 1986.[8] In celebration of small business week the Registered Professional Accountants (RPA) hold the annual small business week 'Woman Entrepreneur Awards' wherein a member of the business community is honoured with an award for excellence in business for starting and successfully operating an outstanding small business in their community. [9]