Working with a group of businesses?
Working together with like-minded businesses can be one of the fastest and most effective ways to bring new customers, technologies and ideas into a local economy. Businesses may work together to create economic clusters (groups of interconnected businesses), encourage economic diversification, or to promote a region's economy. Whatever the goal, strength often comes in numbers.
Community Futures Programs and Services
Tips and Tools
- Rural Diversification Initiative: If you are a member of a group of related businesses (like agri-food producers, or artisans, or small manufacturers) and you are interested in working together to expand your markets, adopt new technology, do joint marketing or customer education, develop strong networks, or jointly develop new products or services, contact your Community Futures office. They may be able to help provide funding through the Rural Diversification Initiative.
- Talk to your Community Futures office about how they can assist with business cluster development
