AEDP CoP Recognizing Agriculture and Food Excellence and Innovation in Your Community
10:00am to 11:30am, Thursday, November 28, 2024 Webinar
Learn about innovative farm and food businesses who are being recognized for their accomplishments in their community, and how you can work alongside stakeholders to develop award programs, promotions and recognition within your municipality.
If you have any news that you would like us to share, please forward to info@ontarioeast.ca.
Ontario East Participates in EDCO's Queen's Park Day
Ontario East was pleased to participate in the Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO) annual Queens Park Day in Toronto on November 5.
Executive Director Jay Amer and Board Director Bob Peters, City of Cornwall represented Ontario East in a full day of meetings and networking with provincial elected officials including the Hon. Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation & Trade and the Hon. Nina Tangri, Associate Minister of Small Business along with several eastern Ontario MPPs including Rick Bresee (Hastings-Lennox & Addington), Laurie Scott (Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock) and John Yakabuski (Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke) and more. Ontario East Board Director and EDCO Board candidate Abdul Razak Jendi also participated on behalf of Kingston Economic Development.
Congratulations to the EDCO team on a successful event!
Launched on October 24, the Kingston Business Journal delivers essential news, insights, and inspiration to business leaders in Kingston, Frontenac, Napanee, and Gananoque.
Learn more about this exiting new publication HERE.
Municipality of Brighton Seeking Member Assistance
The Municipality of Brighton is creating a branding subcommittee and is seeking insights from municipalities that have undergone a rebranding in the past five years, and requesting that they explain the rebranding process they went through at the municipal level to the Brighton subcommittee (either in person or over Zoom, if preferred). If you are interested in speaking with the Brighton subcommittee, please contact Ben Hagerman, Manager of Economic Development and Communications at bhagerman@brighton.ca or 613-475-0670 ext. 207.
