Community Futures of Prince Edward Lennox Addington

Community Futures of Prince Edward Lennox Addington We are a community based non-profit corporation aimed at encouraging local entrepreneurship and economic development. To learn more visit www.pelaird.ca

We provide loans, grants and business advice. Community Futures Prince Edward Lennox Addington works closely with communities to assess local challenges, and to look at new ideas and opportunities that could strengthen their economies. Community Futures has teamed up with Queens University and formed the PELA Institute for Rural Economic Development which provides a place for communities and academics to come together to share research on various topics that affect the local economy.

06/23/2026

40+ vegetables. Zero pesticides. Soil that gets healthier every year.

That’s regenerative agriculture at Paper Kite Farm and a vision for how rural food systems should work.

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

Full episode: link in bio

Learn more: https://www.feddevontario.gc.ca

Strategic investment the right way, at the right time. That's the work.This project is funded by the Government of Canad...
06/22/2026

Strategic investment the right way, at the right time. That's the work.

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

Full episode: link in bio

Learn more: https://www.feddevontario.gc.ca



06/20/2026

Real sustainability means our young people can see a path to stay.

That means housing they can afford. Jobs that pay enough. And a future worth building here.

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

Full episode: https://youtu.be/Wzgnl9F2Wu7

Learn more: https://www.feddevontario.gc.ca



06/18/2026

A small grant. A drainage project in 2005. Bumper crops for two decades.

This is what strategic investment in sustainable agriculture looks like.

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

Full episode: https://youtu.be/Wzgnl9F2Wu7

Learn more: https://www.feddevontario.gc.ca



New on the blog: What Does Sustainable Development Look Like in Rural Ontario?We asked that question across Prince Edwar...
06/17/2026

New on the blog: What Does Sustainable Development Look Like in Rural Ontario?

We asked that question across Prince Edward and Lennox & Addington counties, and the answer we kept hearing was it's three things equally: environmental stewardship, economic resilience, and social equity. Not competing priorities — interconnected ones.

This post gets into what that looks like in practice — the farmers adapting to climate variability, the builders using locally-sourced traditional techniques, the businesses creating year-round jobs in a region too long defined by seasonal work.

It's also honest about the hard parts. Housing costs rising faster than wages. Food insecurity persisting even as the economy grows. Real sustainability doesn't paper over those tensions — it works through them.

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

Read the full article: https://www.communityfutures.co/blogs/post/focus-on-sustainable-development

Learn more: https://www.feddevontario.gc.ca

Sustainability isn't a sector. It's a way of measuring whether what we're building today will still serve the people who...
06/15/2026

Sustainability isn't a sector. It's a way of measuring whether what we're building today will still serve the people who come after us.

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

Full episode: link in bio

Learn more: https://www.feddevontario.gc.ca



Episode 4 is live: Focus on Sustainable Development.The word sustainability gets used a lot. But what does it actually m...
06/09/2026

Episode 4 is live: Focus on Sustainable Development.

The word sustainability gets used a lot. But what does it actually mean for rural communities trying to build economies that last?

In this episode, we dig into the full picture — environmental, social, and economic — because real sustainability only works when all three move in the same direction.

You'll hear from farmers using regenerative practices, builders working with rammed earth, and a winery that came back from devastating loss with the help of a strategic Community Futures investment two decades ago.

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

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/5_5HBMjUD0A

Learn more: https://www.feddevontario.gc.ca



The businesses we work with don't care which side of a county line they're on. They just need the right answer.This proj...
06/08/2026

The businesses we work with don't care which side of a county line they're on. They just need the right answer.

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

Full episode: https://youtu.be/k-sQ8lDzl6w

Learn more: feddevontario.gc.ca

The businesses we work with don't care which side of a county line they're on. They just need the right answer.This proj...
06/01/2026

The businesses we work with don't care which side of a county line they're on. They just need the right answer.

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

Full episode: link in bio

Learn more: https://www.feddevontario.gc.ca



New on the blog: Collaboration Creates Abundance — How Rural Communities Get Stronger When They Work Together.Scarcity t...
05/27/2026

New on the blog: Collaboration Creates Abundance — How Rural Communities Get Stronger When They Work Together.

Scarcity thinking keeps organizations competing for the same scraps. Abundance thinking gets communities moving forward together.

In our latest post, we explore why Community Futures operates the way it does — and why “collaboration across jurisdictional boundaries” isn’t just a policy stance, it’s the best approach to serve our small businesses.

When a business in rural eastern Ontario needs support, they need the right support — not whatever happens to fall inside one organization’s mandate.

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

Read the full article: link in bio

Learn more at feddevontario.gc.ca

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