New innovation centre helps Kawartha Lakes
businesses ‘Launch’
By Catherine Whitnall, Kawartha Lakes This Week, November 8, 2022
Participants can access multiple in-house partners, including direct access to government funding, marketing and digital media, legal and cybersecurity services
Enjoying boat ownership isn’t easy when there’s no way of getting it to, or into, the water.
It’s an analogy that fits perfectly into a new initiative designed by the Kawartha Lakes Community Futures Development Corporation and funded internally by the Kawartha Lakes Business Community Development Corporation.
“When I took over as executive director (in February 2020), it was always part of my vision to create a centre where the CFDC would serve as an anchor tenant and bring in other businesses and services that would create a one-stop shared resource environment for up-and-coming companies and entrepreneurs,” said Vince Killen of Launch Kawartha, a dynamic innovation and entrepreneurship centre.