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Community Futures East Central Alberta We Support Small Business. Looking to Start, Expand, Relocate or even Buy a Business - We Can Help!

๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค.Every job looks a little different, but together they help keep our commu...
09/07/2026

๐“๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค.

Every job looks a little different, but together they help keep our communities strong, connected and moving forward.

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ฅ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š.

Our Office is closed today, but we'll be back tomorrow. Tuesday September 8th

๐‹๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐‹๐Ž๐๐† ๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐„๐๐ƒ ๐‹๐Ž๐€๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐†.The long weekend is almost here!Whether youโ€™re heading out for a little adventure, spend...
09/04/2026

๐‹๐€๐๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐‹๐Ž๐๐† ๐–๐„๐„๐Š๐„๐๐ƒ ๐‹๐Ž๐€๐ƒ๐ˆ๐๐†.

The long weekend is almost here!

Whether youโ€™re heading out for a little adventure, spending time with family and friends, getting outside, or simply enjoying a slower pace โ€” we hope you have a great weekend.

๐”๐ง๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ . ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž. ๐„๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ.

๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ - You still have time to register for these upcoming webinars.๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐‚๐‘๐€ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐„...
09/02/2026

๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ - You still have time to register for these upcoming webinars.

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐…๐‘๐„๐„ ๐‚๐‘๐€ ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ & ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ!
Have questions about taxes, bookkeeping or your CRA obligations?

The ๐‚๐‘๐€ ๐‹๐ข๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž offers free support to small business owners and self-employed individuals. These upcoming webinars cover business tax deductions, common tax errors, CRA tools and services, and general bookkeeping best practices.

๐Ÿ“… ๐”๐ฉ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐ž๐›๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฌ
๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ“:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ (๐Œ๐“)
๐Ÿ”— https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/269383186212569...

๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ•, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” | ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ‘:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐Œ (๐Œ๐“)
๐Ÿ”— https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/266915787457485..

๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž: ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ.Weโ€™ll be back tomorrow, September 2nd, and look forward ...
09/01/2026

๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž: ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ.

Weโ€™ll be back tomorrow, September 2nd, and look forward to connecting with you then.

๐€ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ŸคBefore you take care of business, take a mo...
08/31/2026

๐€ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐Ÿค

Before you take care of business, take a moment to take care of ๐’š๐’๐’–.
Pause. Breathe. Set your intention for the week.
Your business matters.
๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.
Hereโ€™s to starting the week with a little more intention and a little more care for the person behind the business. ๐ŸŒฟ

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง...๐Ÿ˜‚Your trip to the grocery store turns into two "๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ," ๐จ...
08/28/2026

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง...๐Ÿ˜‚

Your trip to the grocery store turns into two "๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ," ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐š ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ booked for tomorrow, and now you've forgotten what you actually went into the store for.๐Ÿ›’

๐™๐’–๐™ง๐’‚๐™ก ๐™—๐’–๐™จ๐’Š๐™ฃ๐’†๐™จ๐’” ๐’๐™ฌ๐’๐™š๐’“๐™จ...๐™ฉ๐’†๐™ก๐’ ๐’–๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐’†'๐’“๐™š ๐™ฃ๐’๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐’“๐™ค๐’๐™œ.๐Ÿ˜ฌ

๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐’”๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’๐’๐’š ๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’” ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’”๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š?

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Entrepreneurship is a lot of figuring things out as you go.You make the best decisions you can with what you know at the...
08/26/2026

Entrepreneurship is a lot of figuring things out as you go.

You make the best decisions you can with what you know at the time. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesnโ€™t. And sometimes, the lesson is more valuable than the outcome.

๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐Š๐ž๐ž๐ฉ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐จ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.

Whatโ€™s one thing you know now that you wish you knew when you started your business?

โ€œ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ .โ€Real entrepreneurial success doesnโ€™t always look flash...
08/25/2026

โ€œ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ .โ€

Real entrepreneurial success doesnโ€™t always look flashy. Sometimes it looks like a business quietly doing business.

๐€๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ?Somehow, weโ€™re here already. Back-to-school is just around the corner,...
08/24/2026

๐€๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ?

Somehow, weโ€™re here already. Back-to-school is just around the corner, and those long summer evenings suddenly don't seem quite so long.

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ.

๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿ’ผ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ โ€” ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ!Today we celebrate the dreamers, innovators, risk-takers, problem-solv...
08/21/2026

๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿ’ผ ๐‚๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ โ€” ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ!

Today we celebrate the dreamers, innovators, risk-takers, problem-solvers, and doers who dare to turn ideas into action.

Behind every business is someone who had a vision, took a chance, faced uncertainty, overcame challenges, and kept moving forward. Entrepreneurs donโ€™t just build businesses โ€” they ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฃ๐จ๐›๐ฌ, ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, while inspiring others to believe in whatโ€™s possible.

Happy World Entrepreneur Day! ๐ŸŽ‰

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5104 53 Avenue
Viking, AB
T0B4N0

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 3pm
Friday 9am - 12pm
1pm - 3pm

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1-780-336-3497

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