Tag: Kingston Business
KEDCO Update: Week Ending March 23, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development Christa Wallbridge, Project Manager – Business Development attended the SWITCH Green Profit Conference on March 18 and 19 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Kingston. The conference featured topics including sustainable energy innovations, best practices and how they can be applied to businesses, municipalities, home, and [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending March 16, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development Jan Dines, Manager of the Entrepreneurship Centre at KEDCO was in Toronto on March 12 as a judge for the Regional Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) competition. SIFE is an international non-profit organization that works with leaders in business and higher education to mobilize university students to [...]
Queen’s University Collaborating on Bombardier Monorail Test Track
also Anchor Concrete, McCormick Rankin, and St Lawrence College.
KEDCO Update: Week Ending March 9, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development John-Paul Shearer, Director of Business Development and Christa Wallbridge, Project Manager – Business Development attended the 1st Annual Sustainable Energy Symposium at St. Lawrence College on March 8. The symposium was aimed at engaging the Sustainable Energy Industry in the development of innovative technology solutions and knowledge [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending March 2, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development Elizabeth Allen, Project Manager of Labour Market Development will be participating in the KEYS Career Speed Networking Event on Tuesday, March 6 at the Confederation Place Hotel. The event will feature over 25 local employers. The purpose of the event is to provide a forum for internationally [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending February 24, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development The Entrepreneurship Centre at KEDCO is now accepting applications for Summer Company 2012. Funded by the Government of Ontario, the Summer Company Program gives students between the ages of 15-29 years grants of up to $3,000 to start their own business. Interested students are encouraged to contact [...]
KEDCO Update: Week Ending February 17, 2012
HIGHLIGHTS OF RECENT PROGRESS & ACTIVITIES Business Development On February 13, Christa Wallbridge, Project Manager – Business Development hosted Ann-Marie Kelleher, Economic Development Officer with the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario to Kingston. Wallbridge and Kelleher visited with local companies currently investigating FedDev Ontario funding programs. Kelleher will return to Kingston in March [...]
Kingston Area Recreation Centres Receive “Eat Smart!” Awards
6 Rec Centres awarded for exceptional standards
Government Grants Offered For Kingston Student Business Entrepreneurs
The Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO) has announced that the “Summer Company” program is open for business. Students between the ages of 15 and 29 years old are eligible to receive grants up to $3,000 to begin their own business. This Government of Ontario sponsored program will be administered in the Kingston area by KEDCO’s [...]
Kingston Companies Chosen for Windstream Energy’s Wind Power Project
Windstream Energy has announced its decision to invest in Kingston, home to Ontario’s first contracted offshore wind power project. At a press conference on Friday organized by the Lake Ontario Offshore Network (LOON), Windstream announced preliminary agreements with Anchor Concrete Products Ltd., George A. Wright & Son Ltd. and M. Sullivan & Son Ltd. for [...]
