Norfolk County’s Economic Development department heard local business owners loud and clear. In a recent Business Visitation Program, residents told staff they would benefit from a monthly workshop series covering a variety of topics. As a result, Norfolk County’s 2019 Workshop Series

Norfolk County Council has announced appointments to its Agriculture Advisory Board (AAB) and Tourism and Economic Development Advisory Board (TEDAB). The new appointees to AAB are Anita Buehner, Anthony De Carolis, Hayden Dooney, Trish Fournier, Remi Van De Slyke and Ann Vermeersch.

This workshop is geared at businesses that have always wanted to test the export market but was not sure how to go about it. Or, maybe your business is already exporting but facing challenges. Also, perhaps your businesses is exporting to the USA only but you wish to widen into overse

The Green Light Team is an initiative from the Development and Cultural Services Division to streamline the development process for applications related to job retention or creation. Green Light Team developments may apply for various applications concurrently and will receive approva

A life-time of giving back to the farming community was acknowledged last week as Norfolk County farmer Ken Porteous was named to the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame, reports the Simcoe Reformer newspaper. The Guelph-based Hall of Fame has recognized Porteous for a host of achieveme

Roulston’s Pharmacy has announced plans to build a new medical centre in Port Dover, reports the Simcoe Reformer newspaper. Roulston’s owners Blair Snow, Mark Stephens, and Steve Flexman said this week they have received approvals for the renovation and expansion of their current loca

Residential sales activity recorded through the MLS® System of the Simcoe & District Real Estate Board totaled 39 units in January 2019. This was an increase of 18.2% (six sales) from January 2018. “Simcoe home sales bounced up to start 2019,” said Melissa Mummery, President of th

Norfolk County celebrated the successes of several local entrepreneurs at its annual Economic Development Symposium, with the theme of “Norfolk: No Boundaries”, yesterday. The husband-and-wife team of Richard and Angela Van Laecke of Horizon Seeds was named Norfolk County Entrepreneur

The findings from our ongoing Business Visitation program have indicated that many of our business owners are unaware of the different government incentive programs that are available to them. That is why we have decided that host this workshop. Have you ever applied for a SH&RD t