Ontario East will be in Perth for our next Quarterly Meeting, to be held at the Best Western Plus Perth Parkside Inn & Spa on Friday, September 24, 2021.

This will be a live in-person event with all COVID-19 protocols in place.

So, sign up quickly for what will be an informative and celebratory session as we slowly move back to a more normal state of engagement!

We hope to see you there!

Nominations are open to all Active and Associate members of the Ontario East Economic Development Commission. If you wish to nominate an individual, please complete the following Nomination Form, and submit to Ontario East by the deadline of 4:00 p.m. Thursday, September 9th, 2021. 

OEMC is offering a wide array of sessions of interest to all of our attendees.

With three streams (Economic Development, Municipal & Community Development and Workforce Development), we have a great line-up of topics and speakers for all our delegates.

Ontario East is pleased to confirm that there has been no increase in our registration fees for this year.

Though Ontario East memberships are accorded to the individual, we are happy to extend the membership registration rate to any employee of a municipality or organization with at least one employee with an individual Ontario East membership.

OEMC is excited to announce there will be five locations in Eastern Ontario that will host opening receptions on Wednesday, October 20 at 4 p.m. after the first day of sessions. This is an opportunity for you to network with your friends and colleagues in unique locations with all required pandemic protocols in place! You can sign up for the Regional Reception closest to you when you register for the conference.

Thank you to our sponsors below who will each be hosting a reception in their region!

Support OEMC and take advantage of the many opportunities to access OEEDC Members and OEMC attendees, including the opportunity to be featured in a Virtual Exhibit Showcase to highlight products and services, and the opportunity to present a session at the conference and afterwards.

The ODO and its partners invite development stakeholders to the unveiling of the results of a major project on the issues and opportunities generated by the Outaouais and Eastern Ontario's unique border position*.

The unveiling will take place during a virtual event on September 30, 2021 from 9:15 am to 11:30 am.

This project was funded by the Fonds d'appui au rayonnement des régions of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MAMH) and has mobilized the knowledge and expertise of many partners.

*For the purposes of this project, the organizer identifies eastern Ontario as the communities bordering Quebec: City of Ottawa and the counties of Renfrew, Prescott-Russell and Lanark.

The Ontario East Talent Identification Support Project (OE TISP) is an OLMP funded project for our region to be leaders in workforce development.

One of the project's focus areas is to provide education to employers and jobseekers through our OE TISP blog.

For example, we've researched and collated strategies to help employers understand how their recruitment policies may need to change to attract talent.

For example, this article ---> collates advice to attract and support indigenous people in the workplace. 

We've also written 128 articles to help Job Seekers choose eastern Ontario.

Our most popular article? 9 Reasons to relocate to eastern Ontario.

Help employers and jobseekers see eastern Ontario and this educational content by filling your social media calendar with OE TISP blog articles - subscribe to the OE TISP blog and you'll get all new articles delivered to your inbox at a schedule of your choosing.

PRESCOTT, ON - Four South Grenville Municipalities, including Augusta Township, City of Brockville, Town of Prescott and Township of Edwardsburgh Cardinal, have partnered to bring transit service to the area with a bus route from Brockville to Cardinal along County Road 2, appropriately named the River Route.

Starting August 30th, 2021, the River Route will use a City of Brockville bus (thanks to their generous in-kind donation) starting in Brockville, to take commuters to popular workplaces in Prescott, Augusta and Edwardsburgh Cardinal in a 2-hour loop, 6 times per weekday from 5:30am – 5:30pm...

The 6-month pilot project is funded in part by the Eastern Ontario Leadership Council. The EOLC issued a request for applications on January 14th of this year, with a goal to fund Commuter Transportation Projects in Eastern Ontario. The Town of Prescott has taken a lead role in securing funding from the EOLC, submitting an application with support from the other local Councils in February of this year. The four partner municipalities have each contributed with financial or in-kind support.

In many ways, it is the story of the ‘little winery that could.’ In the face of derision from competitors, going against the prevailing wisdom and tightly held logic that a winery located north of Highway 401 in rural Hastings County was a folly, Sandor Johnson has proved the naysayers wrong – emphatically.

The creator, developer and intrepid spirit behind Potter Settlement Artisan Winery, Johnson has built a profitable and growing business based on the philosophy that quality trumps all other considerations.

From the initial idea of planting a revolutionary new strain of grape, the hale and hardy Marquette, to the building of the winery itself on the farmland occupied by generations of his family near Tweed, his desire has always been to make wine of superior character; one that would wow both the expert cognoscenti of the international wine world, as well as please the palates of those closer to home seeking an exceptional and elevated taste experience many cuts above the more mass produced brands on the market.