A total of 10 Sarnia-area enterprises were selected for this year’s Starter Company Plus program with the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership and each will receive a $5,000 grant along with training and support.

The provincially funded program is open to entrepreneurs starting a new business or looking to grow an existing one and has been offered annually through the partnership’s Business Enterprise Centre since 2015, said partnership CEO Matthew Slotwinski.

“We’re a decade into offering what has been a highly successful program,” he said. “A $5,000 grant has a significant impact on a developing business.”

The “vast majority” of the businesses selected for the program in past years are still operating, and “growing and thriving,” Slotwinski said.

That track record “really justifies”

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