Over this past weekend the Town of Georgina Economic Development & Tourism Division were at the Canadian Ice Fishing Expo located in the Barrie Molson Centre. 

The 2-day, consumer show was packed with ice fishing enthusiast who were not only interested in Georgina Ice Fishing on Lake Simcoe, but also in everything else that the municipality has to offer. Including tourism attractions, resorts and many of the various businesses that ice fishermen can utilize while visiting Georgina.

Tourism material, BIA brochures, Ice Fishing content and much more information was provided to those who attended the show to ensure that they Discover Georgina!

Support was provided by the organizers of the Lake Simcoe Championship Ice Fishing Derby. Perchin for MS also had a booth at the event promoting their event. 

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Bill 148 will bring in a number of reforms to Ontario's current labour and employment standards laws, most notably instituting a $15 minimum wage by January 2019, representing a 32% increase. The handbook outlines the impacts businesses are likely to see from the numerous changes and identifies that  small businesses are most likely to face four main issues:

Profitability: businesses may not be able to keep up a sustainable profit margin;

Staffing levels: businesses may not have the capacity to maintain current staffing;

Competition: to keep their doors open, businesses will be forces to raise prices; and

Taxation: with higher wages comes higher payroll taxes and contributions to EI and CPP.

Click Here to read the Handbook.

Click Here to view the application forms.  Please note the CIP Grants are only available for businesses within the BIA Boundaries. 

Contact Sean Columbus if you are interested.

Economic Development Officer

905-476-4301 ext. 2330

scolumbus@georgina.ca

The objective of the grant program is to provide financial assistance for programs and events that serve to promote the Town of Georgina to markets outside Georgina, generate economic opportunities for the local business community and provide for the betterment of the Community. In order to take full advantage of the collaborative marketing efforts provided by the Economic Development & Tourism Division, applications should be submitted six (6) months prior to the event date. You can view the revised application by visiting  Clicking Here.

If you are interested in applying please contact Cristina Liu via email  cliu@georgina.ca or call 905-476-4301 ext 2300.

If a brand is a promise, then the expectations people have of the brand are created by the promises we make. Meeting expectations is about the alignment of words and deeds.

Disappointment occurs when we don't do what we say we're going to do. When we promise more than we can deliver or pretend to be something we're not. Ironically, we are the ones who are most disappointed when we don't meet the standards we set. We have the power to change this, by prioritizing building trust over making an impression and only setting the expectations we're willing to live up to.

Easy to say. Harder to do. That's why it's worth the effort.

Article courtesy of the Story of Telling