Would you let this woman work on your SUV?

NEWS RELEASE

DAVID ORAZIETTI, MPP

************************* Orazietti announces $25,000 for young entrepreneur to launch SUV restoration service

Provincial investment puts Sault Ste. Marie business into first gear

SAULT STE. MARIE, ON - The Ontario government is promoting youth entrepreneurship in the North by investing in the establishment of a sport utility vehicle restoration service in Sault Ste. Marie, David Orazietti, MPP announced today.

“Our government supports the innovative business ideas of our community’s youth and understands young entrepreneurs are critical to the future of Sault Ste. Marie,” said Orazietti. “By investing in creative and talented young business people, we are helping to keep the next generation of business and community leaders in Northern Ontario.”

The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) is providing $25,000 to Reborn Rides to help set up a restoration service focusing on sport utility vehicles and trucks.

[The proprietor of Reborn Rides is Amy Zuccato, shown above in a SooToday.com file photo taken at MCTV's Northern Idol contest in 2003.]

Funding will be used to purchase equipment and market the new service. “The NOHFC has helped many young entrepreneurs across the North overcome the challenges of launching a new business,” said Bartolucci, who also chairs the NOHFC. “We are encouraging our youth to contribute to the growth of northern enterprise and help build the North of tomorrow.”

This is just one more example of how, working together, Ontarians have achieved results in support of northern youth.

Other examples include:

- Investing more than $13.8 million to date, through the NOHFC, to provide internships and work placements to help more than 730 young northerners launch their careers in the North

- Holding consultations on approaches to stem outmigration of youth from the North, hosted by the Northern Development Councils.

- Offering the NOHFC’s Northern Ontario Youth Internship and Co-op Program which helps provide on-the-job training and experience to youth who will work in the North.