Vol. 11 - Issue 6
August 13, 2021 | Special Edition
GLOBAL - INNOVATIVE - DISTINCT
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The Town of Halton Hills continues to take proactive, decisive and coordinated action to respond to COVID-19 and to support the local business community
  • Town Launches Economic Recovery & Resiliency Plan
  • Register an Event for Culture Days
  • Helson Gallery Re-Opens with New Exhibitions
  • Jazz in Dominion Gardens This Weekend
  • Halton Hills Economic Development Services & COVID-19 Information
Town Launches
Economic Recovery & Resiliency Plan
As Halton Hills continues to move through the Province’s Roadmap to Reopen, the Town has launched an Economic Recovery and Resiliency Plan (ERRP).

With an August 2021 start date and implementation continuing throughout the fall and beyond, the Plan is designed to support the local business community in mitigating the impacts of COVID-19. It builds on the 25+ actions implemented by the Town since the start of the pandemic.
 
The ERRP also builds on the Town’s Economic Development and Tourism Strategy, taking into account a number of industry reports and data, and best practices. It is focused around three pillars:

  1. Information, Awareness & Engagement
  2. Business Resilience & Growth
  3. Continued Advocacy on Key Issues

At its core, the Plan is designed to help businesses stay open, as well as to become more resilient over time. The ERRP aims to accomplish this through a mix of new, modified and pre-existing actions that will be implemented over the short-term.

These actions will be complemented by longer-term actions designed to support business resiliency over time. Full implementation of the ERRP will go well into 2022.
Register an Event for Culture Days
RE:IMAGINE is the theme of this year’s national Culture Days celebrations, a festival of community-led arts and culture activities, that will occur between September 24 - October 24, 2021.
 
Community members interested in arts and culture are invited to register a digital, self-guided, DIY or socially distanced activity until September 7.
 
The Town is currently in search of musicians, dance instructors, crafters, and artisans. Please email culture@haltonhills.ca to get involved. 
Helson Gallery Re-Opens with New Exhibitions
The Helson Gallery re-opened on August 4 with a new exhibition showcasing recent donations to the Town’s art collection, as well as the ‘Emancipation Exhibition’ in the Sisnett Lobby organized by the Halton Black History Awareness Society.

The Gallery also offers the opportunity to get creative with free, drop-in art activities on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons (masks and social distancing required).
Jazz in Dominion Gardens this Weekend
The Georgetown Jazz Collective presents '9', an outdoor concert in Dominion Gardens on August 14, at 6 p.m.
 
Interested audiences are invited to bring their own seating or enjoy a walk through the park while taking in a performance by Dean Veneruz and friends. Audience members are required to practice social distancing of two metres and to wear masks where proper distancing cannot be observed.
 
This project has been funded in part by The Artist Next Door – a Town of Halton Hills initiative in response to COVID-19 to support the creation of new artwork.
 
Visit haltonhills.ca/culturedays later this fall for a recording of the performance.
Halton Hills Economic Development Services
& COVID-19 Information
Halton Hills’ Economic Development, Innovation and Culture division provides a full suite of high-quality services and supports to the business community that in turn foster a prosperous economy and enhance quality of life. These include:
 
  • Financial incentives via the Community Improvement Plan (CIP)
  • Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) programming
  • Investment attraction, expansion and relocation
  • Business Concierge service
  • Site selection assistance
  • Market research
  • Industry engagement
  • Workforce development
  • Supporting and advancing affordable housing projects and initiatives
  • Amplifying tourism’s economic benefits
  • Leveraging and supporting the arts and culture sector to raise quality of life
 
The Town offers existing and potential businesses a strategic platform for success, proximity to world-class markets, a distinct community with an ideal balance between urban and rural environments, and an outstanding quality of life.
 
As part of an ongoing commitment to engage with and support the local business community, Economic Development staff continue to update the Town’s COVID-19 Business Supports web page.
 
Please contact the Town’s Economic Development staff if you require assistance.
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