Meet York Region’s summer student entrepreneurs

July 11, 2024

York Small Business Enterprise Centre invites you to a Summer Company program showcase

The York Small Business Enterprise Centre invites the community to two special showcases where local ambitious students from the Summer Company program will promote their businesses.

Showcase 1

When:
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Where:
York Region, Ground Floor
17150 Yonge Street
Town of Newmarket

Showcase 2

When:
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where:
Upper Canada Mall, Level 1 Market Court (near Market & Co.)
17600 Yonge Street
Town of Newmarket

Drop in and meet these young entrepreneurs and learn about their innovative businesses:

Edward Cobbold, Pucktive
Nevaeh Silver, Decked Out Detailing
Hasti Mohsenipour, designbyhasti
Daniel Xa, Daniel's Café
Mujaahid Karim, GreenWave Lawn and Pool Care
Kiarash Zarrabi, Xendraut Clothing
Ashwin Kirupananthan, ClearView Windows
Claire Lynch, Royal Swimmers
Bethany Edwards, AquaSplash Swim School
Dillan Cook, Nobleton Grass Crew
Yegor Ignatenko, PrintedShapes

Summer Company students participating in the event will be available for onsite interviews about their businesses. Representatives from the York Small Business Enterprise Centre will also be available to answer questions about the program and other services available to local business owners and entrepreneurs.

Background:

In partnership with the Government of Ontario, the York Small Business Enterprise Centre administers the Summer Company program annually to students between the ages of 15 to 29 and registered to return to school fulltime in September 2024
In addition to providing training on business planning, finance and marketing, each student is paired with an experienced mentor to provide one-on-one support
The program also provides students with the opportunity to receive a grant of up to $3,000 to help launch their business
Interested students applied through the York Small Business Enterprise Centre in early 2024; applications for Summer Company are now closed for this year and will reopen in 2025
The York Small Business Enterprise Centre serves small businesses in the northern six York Region municipalities: The Towns of Aurora, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, King, Newmarket and Whitchurch-Stouffville

For more information, visit yorklink.ca/SummerCompany

The Regional Municipality of York consists of nine local cities and towns and provides a variety of programs and services to over 1.25 million residents and 57,000 businesses with more than 629,000 employees. More information about the Region’s key service areas is available at york.ca/RegionalServices

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Media Contact:

Stephanie Crowley, Corporate Communications,
The Regional Municipality of York
Email: @email
Cell: 289-763-2598