Rural P.E.I. sees action

Wellington Rural Action Centre experiences increase in visits

The number of in-person business visits to the Wellington Rural Action Centre increased by 50 per cent over the past year, according to statistics released this week.

In 2014-15, the rural action centre had 601 visits.

That number jumped to 906 visits in 2015-2016.

RDÉE Prince Edward Island, the RAC›s host organization, revealed the statistics during its recent annual general meeting in Summerside.

RDÉE executive director Bonnie Gallant explained that the centre provides support to entrepreneurial and community development projects in the Evangeline and surrounding areas.

Since it is the only bilingual centre on P.E.I., it also supports any francophone project that could be addressed to any of the province›s other rural action centres.

“More and more, people and organizations are requesting the centre›s services since it offers them lots of information as well as important and pertinent resources to help them with the development of their projects,» said Gallant.

The executive director added that several development and project officers from various federal and provincial departments regularly visit the centre to meet with regional clients.

The RAC also partners with the Acadian and Francophone Chamber of Commerce of PEI in the organization of lunch-and-learns, workshops, information sessions and networking events.

This year, the two