Invest Durham Enews - January 2022 |
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Durham Economic Task Force COVID Response
The Durham Economic Task Force continues to update the COVID-19 Response website, ensuring funding programs from all levels of government are available on one page for your reference. Recently added programs include:
Federal: Local Lockdown Program
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The Local Lockdown Program provides eligible businesses, charities and non-profits affected by a qualifying public health restriction with wage and rent support through the Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program (THRP). You do not have to be in the tourism, hospitality, arts, entertainment or recreation sectors to be eligible for this support. Find the details under the Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program (THRP).
Provincial: Small Business Relief Grant and Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program
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Ontario COVID-19 Small Business Relief Grant: for small businesses that are subject to closure under the modified Step Two of the Roadmap to Reopen. It will provide eligible small businesses with a grant payment of $10,000.
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Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program: The Province of Ontario is introducing a new program to support businesses that are most impacted by public health measures in response to the Omicron variant. Eligible businesses that are required to close or reduce capacity will receive rebate payments for a portion of the property tax and energy costs they incur while subject to these measures.
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Both of these programs open in the coming weeks. Learn more.
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Want to Support Local?
Skip the Delivery Apps and Order Direct
From the February 2021 Downtowns of Durham blog archives, but still relevant, is this post on the importance of supporting local businesses through restrictions in their services. Read on to learn how ordering direct can help support your favourite foodie destinations.
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World Education Services (WES) has partnered with the Regional Municipality of Durham and local partners to implement a collaborative initiative that aims to develop strategies and tools for the recruitment and inclusion of immigrant talent in the region.
This interactive workshop will co-create and improve on practical, implementable solutions for the needs and priorities of local employers; and explore best practices for attracting and hiring immigrants and fostering inclusive workplaces that leverage newcomers’ skills, experiences and talents.
This workshop is ideal for HR leads, executives, entrepreneurs, and equity, diversity and inclusion professionals.
Partners in this workshop include Welcome Centre Immigrant Services—Pickering and Ajax (Durham Region Unemployed Help Centre and Community Development Council of Durham), the Durham Workforce Authority, Human Resources Professionals Association—Durham (HRPA Durham), the Ajax-Pickering Board of Trade, and Ontario Tech University.
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Vertical Farming 101: Webinar Series
February 3 to 24
From building a comprehensive business plan to finding the right community partners, this free webinar series walks you through the ins-and-outs of vertical farming through a four-part event series.
Event Details: This workshop consists of four webinar sessions that will occur throughout the month of February 2022. They are scheduled every Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Talk of the Town's popular fried chicken coming to downtown Bowmanville
When Zach Munro switched the focus at his food truck from tacos to fried chicken, he had no idea that he was cooking up a viral hit. After two successful summers at Clarington’s Food Truck Alley, Munro announced the food truck will close on December 22 and that a brick-and-mortar Talk of the Town restaurant will open this winter in downtown Bowmanville—hopefully by February. Read more!
'Unique locations': Uxbridge takes turn in the spotlight on The Lost Symbol
Uxbridge residents may have noticed a few familiar sights in some of this year’s biggest TV hits. Township residents may be used to Hollywood calling after CBC sitcom Schitt’s Creek featured small-town Goodwood as one of its primary backdrops. Now other area landmarks, such as the Foster Memorial, are getting their turn in the spotlight, and bringing much-needed dollars to Uxbridge. Read more.
Durham College receives $900,000 from Weston Family Foundation to build new Centre for Organic Regeneration
The Centre for Organic Regeneration, a 1,500-square foot facility and composting system, will enable Durham College to complete the field-to-fork (and now back-to-field) loop by processing food waste from the Whitby campus and returning it to the earth, specifically the W. Galen Weston Centre for Food fields.
This will reduce food waste on campus by 90 per cent while lessening the need for compost from outside sources.
The new facility will also create research and work-integrated-learning opportunities and will be incorporated into the curriculum for related programs. Learn more!
Micro-credentials aim to have maxi-impact
Micro-credentials are relatively new to the education game, but they are gaining traction worldwide, both at post-secondary institutions, such as Ontario Tech University and Western University, and corporations like Ernst & Young (EY) and IBM.
“Micro-credentials are intended to be short, intense learning opportunities targeting a particular skill or competency. They are tightly focused on a specific skill rather than being comprehensive,” said Rachel Sumner, CEO of Ontario Tech Talent, a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of the university that develops industry-approved micro-credentials. Learn more!
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