Following on the successes of the IDEA Centres in Saint John and the ICE Centre in Blackville, a Carleton North CHOICE Centre will provide high school students with hands-on entrepreneurship experience, mentorship and creative exploration, while providing the confidence and competency to stay and grow in our community. 

The spirit of entrepreneurship runs deep in our community.  Through the vehicle of the CHOICE Centre, the creative energy of students is supported - working in teams or individually - to stimulate and grow their entrepreneurial abilities.  An important goal of the CHOICE Centre is to encourage our young people to visualize opportunities in order to remain and build families and businesses in rural New Brunswick.
  
Objectives

• Create a dynamic community space where high school students explore their passions and imagination, partnering with existing entrepreneurs, social innovators and leaders while extending global competencies
• Create opportunities for students to receive guidance and coaching from experienced professionals (including trades professionals) and community-based mentors
• Enrich learning for students and outcomes for the community, by building upon students’ strengths to master leadership and entrepreneurship

Similar centers now also exist in St. John, Miramichi, Blackville and two others proposed for Fredericton and Northern New Brunswick.  The CHOICE CENTRE in Florenceville would be the 6th location.