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COVID-19 Information
(as of 9:30 am, June 2, 2020) Municipal Property Tax Financing Program – new Current Status As a precaution and in the best interest of our community and our employees,… Full story
New Commercial Lots For Sale in the Elmsdale Business Park
February 20, 2020 East Hants has completed Phase 6 of the Elmsdale Business Park expansion. This project has added 19 new commercial lots to the business park to help meet… Full story
Road Construction Starting in Elmsdale Business Park
Construction Start Date Road construction for the Elmsdale Business Park Expansion is scheduled to start on June 24th (dependent on good weather to enable the on-site work to begin). Dexter… Full story
Road Construction Contract Awarded
The road construction contract for the new Business Park expansion in Elmsdale was awarded to Dexter Construction Company Ltd. on April 26th. This expansion of the Elmsdale Business Park includes… Full story
New Exit 8 A Lantz Interchange Started
Lantz Connector Road Work has started on the Exit 8 A connector road in Lantz. The connector road will run from the new Exit 8 A interchange on Highway 102… Full story
Mount Uniacke Business Park Expansion
Land Clearing Notice – Mount Uniacke Business Park Land clearing is almost complete to enable the expansion of the Uniacke Business Park. G & R Kelly Enterprises Ltd. completed the… Full story
Land Clearing Notice – Mount Uniacke Business Park
East Hants recently awarded a land clearing contract that will enable the completion of a detailed design for the expansion of the Mount Uniacke Business Park. G & R Kelly… Full story
High Speed Internet
About The Municipality of East Hants is committed to helping to improve internet access throughout our community. We know that having a strong internet network will help to grow our… 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
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
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
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
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