Click Here to view the application forms.  Please note the CIP Grants are only available for businesses within the BIA Boundaries. 

Contact Sean Columbus if you are interested.

Economic Development Officer

905-476-4301 ext. 2330

[email protected]

The objective of the grant program is to provide financial assistance for programs and events that serve to promote the Town of Georgina to markets outside Georgina, generate economic opportunities for the local business community and provide for the betterment of the Community. In order to take full advantage of the collaborative marketing efforts provided by the Economic Development & Tourism Division, applications should be submitted six (6) months prior to the event date. You can view the application by  Clicking Here.

If you are interested in applying please contact Cristina Liu via email  [email protected] or call 905-476-4301 ext 2300.

The tiny Italian restaurant in Carlton is in full swing. It's 6 pm, and a couple of experienced chefs are cranking out meals. The kitchen is a well-oiled machine, the oven is at capacity, as diners and Uber Eats drivers converge at once. The food is good. It's just not great-unlike the food served at the Italian place we recently discovered in Auckland.

On the face of it, there's little to differentiate the chefs in the two restaurants. Both teams work mostly silently and efficiently. They are well prepared, and everyone understands the role they play in making sure diners leave sated and satisfied. But there's one thing the chefs in Auckland do that makes all the difference. In Carlton, nothing is tasted before it's plated. In Auckland, the chefs taste everything without exception before they plate it. They are making a hundred micro-decisions about how to delight their customers every few minutes and adjusting as they go. That single act means they have to put themselves in the diner's seat for a second. They have to imagine what it will feel like to experience their product. And that makes all the difference.