“Let’s Get Digital, Digital. I Wanna Get Digital. Let me hear your product talk, your product talk”

The Digital Transformation Grant Program: offers funding up to $2,500 and online training to Ontario main street businesses to improve their digital marketing capabilities and skills. After successfully completing the 8 online training lessons, applicants can request funding for:

• Digital Training
• Ongoing Digital Training courses (in-person & online)

• Hardware
  • Must be hardware deemed necessary by the program.
• Digital Marketing
  • Hiring a consultant/agency/person to execute Digital Marketing initiatives
• Website
  • Redesign, Improvement of existing website
  • Development of new website
• Software
  • Graphic design software
  • Productivity Software (LastPass, Hootsuite, Dropbox, etc.)
  • Social Media Software (Hootsuite, Buffer, etc.)
  • Security Software
  • Other software as evidenced in the DTP

To be eligible applicants must be a main street business that is:

• In, or close to, a downtown main street, a Business Improvement Area or has zoning consistent with a municipality’s Operating Plan defining a central business district
• Employing 1-10 employees (or fewer than 25 employees if they are a café, restaurant, or bar)
• Paying commercial property tax (commercially assessed), either directly or through commercial rent.

Funding is very limited. Apply soon.  Sorry Olivia !