The joint Uhoo newsletter of EP's Leader groups has been published
In the June newsletter, you can read about the start of Leader funding applications, the Open villages day and future researcher Ilkka Halava's thoughts on the future of the villages. South Ostrobothnia's Leader groups and ELY center publish a joint newsletter four times a year. By subscribing to the newsletter, you will receive information about the current affairs of the rural program.
Young people created a new kind of company
When Elmo Saikkonen and Emil Viitala graduated from high school, they started thinking about starting their first company. The young people liked water sports and had practiced it for many years at the cottage. The idea to establish the region's first water sports center in Seinäjoki was born from that. The main activity of EPOP Wake water sports center located in Tanelinlammi is cable water sports. You can go on the cable car with water skis or a board, or really with any kind of equipment. In addition, there is a supply of sup-boards […]
Applications for rural business and project subsidies will start in stages in 2023
The Food Agency informs: Most of the applications for business and project grants are estimated to start at the end of June 2023. Applications for project grants include community investments, training and information projects, and some development projects. Business support applications include investment support for companies and business development support applied for from ELY centers. Applications for small projects by communities and companies will also open in the fall. The Food Agency will inform when the dates for the start of applications become more specific. You should start planning projects already [...]
An illustrator of children's books finds funny details in everyday life
Already in middle school, Kristiina Mäkimattila thought that it would be wonderful to one day be an illustrator of children's books. The wish came true years later and Kristiina Mäkimattila, who has been running a company called Murupumpula since 2014 and now lives in Seinäjoki, has focused on illustrating children's books. Kristiina considers art and creative work to be a kind of play. Finding interest and joy in small things and getting attached to the background and doing the work. - Is lovely […]
Information about the opening of applications
The opening of applications for the new funding period is already highly anticipated. We are working hard in various organizations to open applications, but we still have to wait. Applications open in stages, and according to the current information, some forms of support can be applied for before the summer and some will only open in the fall. Liveri has prepared e.g. by making guidelines, website renewal and application information. We are ready! Since we have received a lot of inquiries about forms of support, […]
"We tried hard and I think we even succeeded"
"We tried hard and I think we even succeeded" Shooting and hunting have interested Mikko Vuorela for 35 years. The object of interest later became a profession, and now Mikko has been running a gun shop in Ylistaro for over 20 years. When Mikko was of school age and there was no permission from home to buy an air rifle, he secretly acquired a hunting license at the age of 15. – I got a hunting card […]
In a family business, we move forward with a good attitude
Hautala Service Oy, operating in Ilmajoki, was originally founded in 1987 for maintenance activities. Over the years, the operation has grown and expanded to the import and sale of professional machines, such as high-performance mowers and green machines. It is a family business, whose operations today include, in addition to the original entrepreneur Jarkko Hautala, his brother Arto and Jarkko's two sons, Joel and Tuomas. Joel Hautala joined full-time [...]
Get inspired by Liiver's development work
Through the following slide show, we present a taste of what has been done in Leader Liiver's area between 2014 and 2022. At the same time, the images direct thoughts to the future and hopefully inspire new development work from 2023 onwards. International cooperation is long-term work! In 2015, Liiveri was able to participate in the Jalasjärvi municipality's project, which started the cooperation with Swedish Leader Östra Skaraborg. Today, cooperation continues with entrepreneurship, youth work and [...]
With additional space, growth in the customer base
In Jalasjärvi's Pentinmäki, J. Rajamäki, a one-person company specializing in bodywork for cars, construction machines and motorcycles, is located. - Business activities include various sheet metal work, orthodontics, rust repairs, foundation work and painting. Making pictures and graphics is also possible, says entrepreneur Janne Rajamäki. Rajamäki, who studied surface treatment and car painting, started working as a part-time entrepreneur in 2013 and became a full-time entrepreneur a couple [...]
Locals as experts in the development of the area
Liveri is currently working on a strategy for the years 2023–2027. Making a good local strategy is important in order to know how to direct the next season's funding to exactly the areas that we want to develop in our region. Liiveri involves local people in making strategies, because they have the best knowledge about what kind of measures should be taken to develop the area's comfort and economic activity, and what they themselves are ready for […]