(Sydney, NS) – The Cape Breton Partnership is proud to announce the recipients of the fifth annual Economic Impact Awards. The Awards, sponsored by Atlantic Lottery Corporation and Bear Head LNG, annually recognize individuals and organizations who have demonstrated superior leadership in Cape Breton’s business community. The Partnership will present the Awards during its annual Investor Summit Gala Dinner at the Keltic Lodge at the Highlands on October 4.

The 2018 Economic Impact Award recipients, each with long histories of economic and community leadership in Cape Breton, include:

“Our slate of 2018 Award recipients represent an impressive group of businesses and individuals who stand out not only for their dedication in driving Cape Breton’s economy and communities forward, but for their leadership in doing so,” says Carla Arsenault, President & CEO of the Cape Breton Partnership. “Each of these business leaders, and the businesses they represent, have made profound contributions to Cape Breton Island and deserve our thanks and recognition.”

On October 4, 2018, nearly 200 business and community leaders will come together at the Keltic Lodge at the Highlands in Ingonish to participate in the Cape Breton Partnership’s annual Investor Summit. The Investor Summit is a unique event where delegates from a diverse range of industry sectors are invited to network, collaborate and discuss issues facing the local economy. The Partnership uses the input and feedback received at the Investor Summit as a guideline to model future events, activities and projects that will contribute towards building a stronger economic future for Cape Breton Island.

The 2018 Investor Summit includes a full agenda of speakers and panel discussions, some of which include David Burton (Headland Cultivation Company), Stéphane Sogne (Hydrotroniks), Jay Rawding (Highland Bow & Arrow), Tara Milburn (Ethical Swag), Wesley Colford (Highland Arts Theatre) and keynote address from John Norman, Chief Operations Officer/Co-owner of Bonavista Creative and Bonavista Living. For more information on the Investor Summit, please visit https://capebretonpartnership.com/events/investor-summit-2018/.

 

Media Contact:
Carla Arsenault
President & CEO
Cape Breton Partnership
902-562-0122 (w) 902-565-8577 (c)
carla@capebretonpartnership.com

Originally posted by the Cape Breton Post.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Two men who played significant roles in the development of Cape Breton’s fishing industry, a resort and a development firm will be honoured at the Cape Breton Partnership’s fifth annual Economic Impact Awards.

The awards, sponsored by Atlantic Lottery Corporation and Bear Head LNG, recognize individuals and organizations who have demonstrated superior leadership in Cape Breton’s business community. The partnership will present the awards during its annual Investor Summit Gala Dinner at the Keltic Lodge at the Highlands today.

The 2018 Economic Impact Award recipients include the late Brian Samson, founding partner of Premium Seafoods Ltd.; the Inverary Resort, and its longtime proprietors the MacAulay family; Harbour Royale Development Ltd., owned by longtime philanthropist, Martin Chernin; and the Late Dannie Hanson, vice-president of sustainability with Louisbourg Seafoods.

“Each of these business leaders, and the businesses they represent, have made profound contributions to Cape Breton Island and deserve our thanks and recognition,” Carla Arsenault, CEO of the Cape Breton Partnership, said in a news release.

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Originally posted by Jake Boudrot of the Port Hawkesbury Reporter.

ARICHAT: As Canadians prepare for the legalization of cannabis on October 17, Richmond County is trying to get in on a new industry.

Richmond CAO Kent MacIntyre confirmed that the management team of Headland Cultivation Inc. – a company planning a cannabis production operation in the Richmond Light Industrial Park in Lennox Passage – will visit the county from October 10-12 for an orientation and training session.

The 10-person delegation will include the company’s management and supervisory team, as well as Headland’s two owners.

“They’re going to do a training session here, they’re going to explore the area, get used to what Richmond County is all about,” the CAO noted. “They’ll get a really good feel.”

Although the road to the operation will not be complete in time for the company’s tour, MacIntyre said municipal crews have started land clearing, the Request for Proposals for engineering work recently closed and road construction is expected to start within the next three to four weeks.

“We’re punching the road in to almost 500 metres to the rear of the property,” MacIntyre explained. “The federal government is partnering with us, which is absolutely wonderful. So it’ll be somewhere in the vicinity of $900,000 for the road.”

Not only will this new road help Headland, it will also allow the municipality to sell more property in the light industrial park.

“The advantage of putting that road into their piece of property, which is at the back of the property, the 27 acres, is when we put the road in, that’ll open up 14 new lots for us to sell,” the CAO noted. “They’ll be fully serviced, water, sewer and three-phase power.

“They’re of some value. So we’re going to have those appraised very shortly to see what they’re each worth… We suspect they’ll be worth somewhere between $30,000 to $40,000.”

Last year, Headland Cultivation Inc. purchased 27.9 acres of land in the northwest corner of the park with plans to hire approximately 60 employees.

Although the company has not established a timeline for hiring, MacIntyre added that the company has hired a vice-president of human resources who is putting together a human resources plan.

MacIntyre added that the company is planning to start clearing their property when road construction starts, with a view to starting full production by July, 2019.

“This is fabulous,” MacIntyre said. “We’ve got 60-plus jobs. The team that they’re bringing in, they’re going to be buying houses. That’s more people that are going to be employed in the county. It’s an increase in the tax base, opportunity to sell more lots and increase the tax base with revenue from selling lots.”

David Burton, co-founder of Headland Cultivation Company told The Reporter last April that he has been working full-time with his mother and business partner Ann Wilkie since the fall of 2016 to establish a cultivation facility in Nova Scotia.

Burton reached out to municipalities across the province to find an appropriate site for the project. With the help of the Cape Breton Partnership, he found support from the County of Richmond.

In talking about hundreds of thousands of marijuana plants, a multi-million dollar development project and returns in the tens of millions, Burton expects Headland Cultivation Inc. will have a positive economic impact.

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Originally posted by Chris Shannon of the Cape Breton Post.

SYDNEY — Tackling the world of online marketing in an ever-changing environment means shaping the right communications strategy to learn as much as possible about your audience and what they expect from you.

Organized by Nava Marketing and sponsored by Innovacorp, Nova Scotia Business Inc. and the Cape Breton Partnership, the Social Media Sydney conference Friday brought together about 140 entrepreneurs, marketers, communications specialists and post-secondary students to discuss how a company can stand out from the crowd and get noticed, and eventually make money.

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