Improving Prosperity for Niagara’s Women Business Owners

This 36-month project increased the economic prosperity of women business owners by working to improve business supports and services in the Niagara Region together with community partners including economic development agencies, chambers of commerce, financial institutions, women’s organizations, and educational institutions.

FINAL REPORT NOW AVAILABLE 

Improving Prosperity for Niagara’s Women Business Owners Final Report 2018

TARGET:  All women business owners across the Niagara Region.

 

 

OUR MISSION 

  • Our project implemented solutions that addressed barriers that women business owners face in Niagara, identified together with women business owners and the stakeholders who could affect change in the area of economic prosperity in Niagara Region.
     

As part of our Improving Prosperity for  Niagara’s Women Business Owners initiative, the Welland Heritage Council and Multicultural Centre in partnership with the Niagara Falls Small Business Enterprise Centre and St. Catharines Enterprise Centre offered networking and informal mentoring opportunities through Success Circles, a safe place for women entrepreneurs to share their challenges and successes as business owners in a group setting.  Success Circles are open to all women business owners in the Niagara Region, and offered at various locations.  We are grateful to the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce for continuing to offer Success Circles after our project completed.  Please contact Corrina Massicotte for Success Circle information corrina@gncc.ca  905-684-2362 ext. 225

The Niagara Women Entrepreneurs Mentorship Program was launched in response to our consultations with women business owners.  The NWEMP was developed based on research into what skills and personality traits are most positively associated with entrepreneurial success.  Through our targeted intake program mentees were paired with a mentor that had developed entrepreneurship positive skills.

Mentors and mentees talked weekly and met once per month for a six month period.  Mentors supported the mentee as she worked to accomplish her SMART Goals (chosen in mentee application) and improve her business.

 

For more information contact Corrina Massicotte of the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce at the contact information above. 

A Micro-Business Toolkit was developed by our Research Coordinator to assist aspiring women entrepreneurs.  Please contact the Welland Heritage Council for a printed copy.

To learn more 

Contact: Kelsie Chasse, Research Coordinator  kchasse@wellandheritagecouncil.com

Lori Webster, Program Coordinator  lwebster@wellandheritagecouncil.com, 905-732-5337 x 128

 

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