Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company receives government loan

The Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company, Carleton County’s newest tourism destination is receiving a half-a-million dollar boost from the federal government. The facility is on its way to a November opening.

The Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company will establish a value-added facility to produce gourmet kettle potato chips and act as an innovative agri-tourism destination for the region.

The Government of Canada is providing a business loan of $455,000 for this project through ACOA's Business Development Program as well as a $73,000 investment through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Program.