Rolling Hills, AB

Heinrich Friesen and Bernhard Krahn bought Oasis Trailer Manufacturing in 2013 which is located near Rolling Hills, Alberta. The company builds their own trailers and sells them to clients throughout Alberta and Saskatchewan. Community Futures Chinook and Entre-Corp partnered with FCC in order to provide enough financing for them to purchase the company. Since Henry and Bernhard have owned the company they have expanded their operations which has created a number of new jobs as well.

Nowal Pierson
Vauxhall, AB

Power Train Savers is a company that is located in the small town of Vauxhall, AB. Nowal Pierson is the owner/operator of this company that manufactures and sells an after-market product for drive train protection.  Instead of replacing a complete drive shaft, differential or axle, you can install the torque fuses at a fraction of the cost and have a quarter of the down time.  The sales of this product have gone through the roof. 

Milk River, AB

Partnership between Community Futures, the Town of Milk River and the Milk River Business Association for a Downtown Business improvements loan/grant program. The town and business association chipped in X amount of dollars to provide business owners in Milk River with the opportunity to apply for a loan with CF up to $10,000 with a 20% grant to go towards renovations/improvements to their businesses.

Bonnie & Barry
Taber, AB

Bonnie & Barry started their Vision care business in 2000 which is located in Taber, AB. Bonnie and Barry’s son has also joined the business after finishing schooling as an optician.  Bonnie’s Vision & Eye Care are now able to make their own lenses, and have also been able to hire an optometrist to come in once a week to bridge the gap in services to their clients. With increasing demand from her clients, one day a week was not enough time for all the eye care needed.