Community Futures are non-profit organizations guided by a volunteer board of directors and staffed with business professionals, who together are actively engaged in helping to develop and implement community-based economic development strategies;
Community Futures are user-friendly business development centres that control and manage investment funds from which they make fully repayable loans (up to a maximum of $150,000) to community members who are interested in starting or expanding their own businesses;
Community Futures are entrepreneurial development centres that provide one-on-one business training to assist individuals who are interested in self-employment or in expanding their business; and
Community Futures are proactive, progressive community organizations dedicated to strengthening both their community's entrepreneurs and their community's economy as a whole.
To view a summary of the audited financial statements of Community Futures Lethbridge Region as at March 31, 2011, please click here.
Board of Directors
Community Futures Lethbridge Region's Board of Directors is comprised of up to twelve (12) residents from our member communities. The CFLR strongly encourages each of our member communities to provide our Board with elected officials. The majority of the Board is comprised of individuals appointed by the Councils of our member communities, and also includes Members at Large (preferably from our area’s local business communities) appointed by the existing CFLR Board Members. The CFLR Board is accountable to its member communities through its comprehensive representation of area economic development needs and successes.
