Elgin Business Resource Centre is a community-based, non-profit organization overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors who ably represent the population of Elgin County. The corporation was federally incorporated as Elgin Community Futures Development Corporation in 1996; it is staffed by business professionals who encourage entrepreneurship and the pursuit of economic opportunities. It was in 1986 that Elgin Community Futures Development Corporation first opened its doors. At that time, we were known as the Elgin Local Employment Assistance and Development Corporation. Ten years later, the organization would evolve, merging with the Elgin Community Futures Committee to assist and encourage job creation through the creation of small business enterprises and community economic development throughout Elgin County. As an organization that just keeps on re-inventing itself, we have undergone another such transformation and have become the Elgin Business Resource Centre.

Elgin Business Resource Centre is a proud member of:

Community Futures Development Corporations (CFDCs) support community economic development by assisting Ontario’s rural and northern communities to strengthen and diversify their economies. With 37 corporations in rural southern Ontario and 24 in Northern Ontario, CFDCs are well positioned to offer local solutions to local needs.

The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) is the world’s leading organization advancing business incubation and entrepreneurship. Each year, it provides thousands of professionals with information, education, advocacy and networking resources to bring excellence to the process of assisting early-stage companies. An elected, voting board of directors representing the world's leading incubators governs the association.

The Canadian Association of Business Incubation, (CABI) is a vital national organization of member organizations whose members are dedicated to creating employment and economic activity through the development of enterprises supported by the business incubation industry.