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The East Hants Region’s Hub for Economic Development Updates
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2018 Reverse Trade Show
Connect your business with Public Sector Purchasing The Reverse Trade Show is a great opportunity for manufacturers, consultants, contractors, and resellers to make connections with public entity buyers. Structured… Full story
Open House & Public Information Meeting – Shaw Group Limited
The Municipality of East Hants will be holding an Open House and Public Information Meeting on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, regarding the following matter: Development Agreement – A proposal from The… Full story
Business For Good
Giant Adirondack Chairs manufactured by CCOA Wood Products are used by Sobeys in multiple Atlantic Canadian Locations. Photo provided by the East Hants and Districts Chamber of Commerce. April 2018… Full story
Sales and Marketing Workshops
The East Hants Economic and Business Department is excited to partner with Digital Nova Scotia to host two FREE Sales and Marketing workshops. If you are looking to increase your… Full story
Elmsdale Business Park Advertising Opportunity
ELMSDALE BUSINESS PARK PYLON SIGN Registration is now closed. Please email business@easthants.ca to be added to the waitlist. The Elmsdale Business Park Pylon Sign is located on a prime location… Full story
Think Export Information Session Elmsdale
Are you a business thinking about exporting? Join us for a FREE information session as we explore export – the benefits, hurdles and myths and learn about the resources and assistance available for businesses. East Hants is… Full story
Innovation in East Hants
Updated July 2017 “First of its kind”, ” New sustainable products”, “World-record setting Event”, “Innovation in East Hants”. Innovative people and businesses in East Hants are making these words a… Full story
Incentive Programs for Small Businesses
Small and medium sized companies (SMEs) make up 97.4% of all businesses in Nova Scotia. We have identified three incentive programs to help launch your small business into the next… Full story
High Speed Internet
Update: July 2018 East Hants continues to actively monitor opportunities to improve internet performance in our communities. In August of 2017, East Hants submitted its final proposal for the Federal… Full story
Product Innovation, Marketing and Sales – Free Business Workshop
Have you ever thought about creating and launching a new product or service? If you answered yes, register below for this free workshop and spend the morning of April 20th… Full story
CIRA Internet Performance Test
How fast is your Internet? Probably not fast enough. With your help, i-Valley / East Hants funding applications to the federal and provincial governments will be successful and enable tangible infrastructure… Full story
Distance matters in a development’s success
March 1st, 2017 by Graham Scott Recently Alexander Martonik of ESRI wrote a post for The Business Journals on How 5 miles makes a difference in a development’s success. In this post he… Full story
East Hants Smart Community Survey Results
East Hants has received the amalgamated analysis report from the i-CAST smart community survey. Thanks to the 132 people who completed the survey. The results show broad areas of perceived… Full story
Millennials, Adventure, and Economy
November 17th, 2016 by Tyler Mattheis. Feature Image Credit: Bruce Kirkby, www.brucekirkby.com Attracting Millennials, growing communities’ economies, and learning from true-life adventures were all topics at the Economic Developers Association (EDAC)… Full story
Small Business, Big Impact
Small businesses are a big deal October 16th to 22nd is Small Business Week® in Canada, a week where we celebrate entrepreneurs and small business owners – for good reason. Self-employed,… Full story
Webinar: How Smart Buildings help Future Proof Your Investment
Free WEBINAR Trends in Development: East Hants invites local developers, businesses, real estate professionals, investors, and the public to take advantage of this free learning opportunity brought to you by… Full story
The Road More Travelled
September 29th, 2016 by Tyler Mattheis and James Hardy – Altus Group Ltd. Many businesses and land developers actively seek affordable commercial land with easy access to two or four lane highways. … Full story
Outcomes of the August 25th 2016 Smart Valley Meeting
(August 26th) Event Recap and Thank-You to Participants from i-Valley: Read the full report: Smart Valley Meeting Outcomes Report [PDF – 1.25MB] At “Creating Prosperity Through Smart Annapolis Valley Communities,” the… Full story
Do I Need Market Research?
August 24th, 2016 by Tyler Mattheis Short answer? Yes. Wise entrepreneurs, like carpenters, know to measure twice and cut once. Business is based on calculated risk. Starting, expanding, moving or re-inventing… Full story
Rural Broadband Update July 2016
Smart East Hants / Rural Broadband Status Update Municipal Council received an information report on the status of municipal efforts to improve “Broadband” as articulated in the Economic Development Plan… Full story