Tag: Community
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Tips for Creating a Calm and Supportive Workplace during COVID-19
As a continuation of a previous blog post on tips to support your business community, this blog offers mental health strategies on navigating through COVID-19. Due to the uncertainty business owners are currently facing, it can be extremely difficult to manage stress levels while working through economic setbacks. Although, there are several significant unknowns, it […]
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Building the Brand Northwest Beef
Developing new markets closer to home can add value and cut costs. Beef Farmers in Northern Ontario working with Local Food and Farm Co-op Ontario developed a new brand called Northwest Beef, focused on accomplishing those two objectives and adding value to the agriculture industry of Northwestern Ontario. With some aid from federal and provincial […]
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RESTAURANTS CANADA SHOW 2020
The Restaurants Canada (RC) Show is Canada’s largest annual foodservice and hospitality trade-show held in Toronto, Ontario. The RC Show is dedicated to creating networking and sales opportunities between vendors and buyers within the food service industry. The RC Show is being held on March 1-3 at the Enercare Centre, Toronto starting at 10am. The […]
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Planning Principles for Creating Healthy Rural Communities
According to this article published in 2016, 1 in 5 Ontario residents live in rural communities. As with larger urban areas, the health of residents in these rural areas is becoming more important as the population ages. Increasingly, municipalities, planners, and public health professionals are understanding that there are clear linkages between the built environment […]
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Snapshot of 2018 Downtown Revitalization Community Report Card
Downtown Revitalization is a four-stage initiative focused on providing communities with the resources and knowledge needed to stimulate investment and reinvestment in traditional downtown districts. Since 2005, over 70 communities across rural Ontario have used and been supported by OMAFRA’s Downtown Revitalization program and resources.
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Food, fun and friendship at the 2019 Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference
Planning a 2-day regional local food event is no easy task, especially when it includes: three separate culinary tours a local food reception, and a full day program that with a dozen sessions and thirty-seven speakers The planning process takes time, an incredibly skilled and committed team, and fantastic host communities. Luckily, this year’s Eastern […]
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The benefits of accessible recreation extend beyond the playground
Our previous blog post, Why Your Community Should Invest In Accessibility, discussed why accessibility is an important economic and social consideration. Investing in accessible spaces may seem like a large undertaking. However, rural communities in Ontario are proving that building accessible community centres and parks is not only achievable, but also has significant benefits for residents […]
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Why your community should invest in accessibility
First impressions can be tough! When getting ready for an interview, you could spend hours preparing for questions, choosing the perfect outfit and researching the organization! But what about communities? How can communities prepare to ensure that tourists, investors and potential residents have a positive impression upon their initial visit? This two-part blog series will […]
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Speaker Line-up You Won’t Want to Miss at the Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference!
There are thirty-five speakers coming to share their knowledge and passion for local food at the 2019 Eastern Ontario Local Food Conference, November 13-14 in Cornwall. And I dearly wish that I could tell you about each and every one of them. Because they are incredible. Unfortunately, this blog is not a novel, and I […]
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Zen and the Art of Business Retention and Expansion
It seems simple, right? Interview a bunch of businesses, and then do what they told you to do. There! A Business Retention + Expansion (BR+E) project! If only. BR+E projects are complex, multi-stakeholder efforts with many moving parts. They need a strong foundation, good partnerships and a healthy dose of flexibility. At the Ontario East […]