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News Release
Mobile Foam Insulation Service Opens in Kenora
August 13, 2009
McGuinty Government Supports Youth Entrepreneurship
NEWS
Kenora-area residents and businesses will be able to reduce their energy bills and impact on the environment with spray foam insulation provided by a local, young entrepreneur.
The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) is helping support the start-up of Airborne Insulation, a new mobile foam insulation installation service catering to residential, recreational and commercial markets.
Benefits of spray foam insulation include:
- Reducing hot and cold air loss to save energy costs;
- Preventing moisture that creates mold and mildew and;
- Helping fight climate change by reducing energy consumption
“Our government understands that the young entrepreneurs of the North will power our economy in the future. By providing the resources to start their businesses, we are giving young Northerners the means to build sustainable enterprises close to home.”
- Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry, and Chair of the NOHFC.
QUICK FACTS
- This new business received $25,000 through the NOHFC’s Young Entrepreneur Program to purchase equipment and machinery.
- Residents installing foam insulation may be able to claim a portion of costs under the Home Renovation Tax Credit.
- About spray foam insulation.
- About the NOHFC’s programs.
Michel Lavoie, MNDMF, 705-564-7125
ontario.ca/north-news
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