The new home of the Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator at 1501 Howard Avenue was once Purity Dairy, which opened in the 1920s.
An information session on how to access $10,000 to $100,000 in non-repayable capital through the federally funded Investment Readiness Program will be held Thursday.
The seminar, which is aimed at helping charities, non-profits, co-ops and for profit social enterprises, will be held at 4 p.m. at the Windsor Business Accelerator at 1501 Howard Ave. Unit 101.
The program aims to support new ideas and businesses with the goal of selling goods or services to earn revenue while also helping achieve positive social, cultural or environmental results.
The Windsor Essex Community and Sarnia Community Foundations are overseeing grants in Essex, Kent and Lambton. There is, $380,000 to award during the two-year pilot program.
The first application deadline closed earlier this month, but another round of applications will be accepted in the second half of the year.
The first grants, which will be between $10,000 and $100,000, will be announced in March or April.
