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ontario east quarterly meeting registration open!
 

Registration is now open for the  Ontario East Quarterly General Membership Meeting on Friday, May 12th . For this May meeting, we will be in the historic town of Bloomfield in Prince Edward County , where we are invited to "Escape the Everyday". Just a little more than two weeks away, be sure to register soon. 

In June,  OMAFRA's Teeny Tiny Summit series continues with two locations for you to choose from: in  Merrickville on  June 28th or in  Havelock on
June 29th. 

Please see below under ontario east events for more details. 

Sincerely,

Bonnie O'Neill and Lucy Medeiros
OEEDC Staff
ontario east events.
Be sure to vist the Ontario East web-site Events Calendar for information regarding events happening in Eastern Ontario in the coming months.
Ontario East Economic Development Quarterly General Membership Meeting

9:30am-1:30pm, Friday, May 12th at Huff Estates Winery and Inn, in Bloomfield


Agenda Highlights:
  • Investment and Resident Attraction
  • Performance Measuring and Reporting
  • Visitor Services
and 
  • Leveraging Agritech, Key global trends shaping agribusiness and important technologies driving agritech innovation
The Breakout Project-
Make Change Happen

On May 10 - 12, 2017, teams will compete in Canada's biggest social innovation event hosted in Kingston, Ontario. In just 48 hours these participants will work around the clock to kick-start 365-day social good projects designed to improve our community, society and planet. Thousands of attendees will rally behind teams while millions more will show their support online through social media and live stream video.

Teeny Tiny Summit 2017-
Save the Date!

Wednesday, June 28th, Merrickville Community Centre, Merrickville 
or
Thursday, June 29th, Havelock Lion's Hall, Havelock

These summits focus on community development best practices in small villages, and feature renowned Australian community development expert Peter Kenyon.

ontario east news.
If you have any news you would like us share, we would love to hear about it. Please forward to info@ontarioeast.ca.
Kingston-Pembroke and Ottawa punching above their weight- MaRS assessment of Ontario cleantech potential

"Toronto has the largest cleantech cluster in Ontario. However, when the data is normalized by population, companies are more evenly spread throughout the province with Kingston-Pembroke and Ottawa punching above their weight" 

Start Up Canada: Calling all women entrepreneurs!

Are you a woman small business owner? Lend your voice to a national discussion on digital skills and tools!

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Pasta Tavola

For Pasta Tavola, Victoria and Paula Watts' pasta manufacturing & fresh food company, location is essential. In Belleville, part of the Bay of Quinte Region, the sisters have been able to affordably purchase their own retail and processing premises; even better, they are situated between-and in close proximity to-Ontario's largest markets for wholesale food processing: Ottawa and Toronto.

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