Author Archive: Robert John
Limestone District School Board Seeks Feedback for its Website
The Limestone District School Board is improving its website to serve you better. As part of this process, they are asking for public and staff feedback to help them redesign a more user-friendly website that best meets the needs of all of their stakeholders. To help gather input on what kinds of information, services and [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending May 11, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development Jeff Garrah, CEO, John-Paul Shearer Director of Business Development attended the SIAL Canada (Salon International de l’Alimentation) International Food Expo in Montreal, Quebec from May 9-11. The SIAL Canada show is one of the food processing industry’s most important meeting places for North America, hosting close to [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending May 4, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development Knorr Brake Ltd., part of the German based Knorr-Bremse Group, the world’s leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles, has received support through the provincial Eastern Ontario Development Fund for expansion of their Kingston facility and the creation of 18 new jobs. The Eastern [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending April 27, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development The Entrepreneurship Centre at KEDCO is seeking local business professionals interested in supporting the next generation of local business owners in Kingston. The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) provides start-up financing to young entrepreneurs aged 18-34. In addition, CYBF provides mentoring from experienced business professionals to help [...]
Kingston Police Seek Assistance in Identifying Robbery Suspects
Kingston Police have requested the public’s assistance in identifying two male suspects who entered a 37 Cassidy Street apartment and robbed the tenant on April 7, 2012 between 9:45pm and 10:15pm. (map) Video surveillance from the building’s security cameras has been released (embedded below) that shows the suspects enter through the front lobby. The individuals [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending April 20, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development Christa Wallbridge, Project Manager – Business Development and Rita Byvelds, Senior Program Advisor with the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation have been conducting meetings with local companies to promote the benefits of the Eastern Ontario Development Fund (EODF) program. The program supports projects that create and [...]
Kingston Utilities Launches Programs to Prevent Basement Flooding
Customers Encouraged To Take Steps To Protect Their Basements Utilities Kingston is now offering the Preventative Plumbing Program for financial assistance and has launched a public education campaign. These initiatives are aimed at helping Utilities Kingston customers prevent basement flooding and sanitary sewer back-ups in their homes and neighbourhoods. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OFFERED The Preventative Plumbing [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending April 13, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development John Paul Shearer, Director of Business Development presented on the Building Sustainable Economies panel at the 2012 Economic Revitalization Conference on April 11. The Conference, organized by the Queen’s School of Business Monieson Centre was themed Sustainable Economies, Sustainable Communities and connected academics, policymakers, community leaders, and [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending April 6, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development KEDCO has fielded a number of enquires related to the 2012 Provincial Budget announcement of the Ontario, Northern Ontario and Eastern Ontario Development Corporations dissolution as part of the province’s agency reduction strategy. This will have no impact on KEDCO or other regional economic development organizations as [...]
Queen’s University Students Impress at National Business Competition
Students Emily Dimytosh and Elizabeth Harris credit Queen’s School of Business faculty and classmates for their recent success at a national business competition. “The support we received was amazing. All of the professors we asked took time out of their schedules to help,” says Ms Dimytosh, who along with fellow fourth-year Commerce student Ms Harris [...]
