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Grant keeps Tamarack women’s program going in Bancroft

March 21, 2011
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Submitted by: Sarah Phoenix, Executive Director, Maggie’s Resource Centre, Bancroft. BANCROFT – Maggie’s Resource Centre of North Hastings received notification today that they had been successful in their grant application for funding under the Investing in Women’s Futures Program for the time period April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2013. This grant is for the Tamarack Program and will ensure that the programming will continue and can offer services to the local community and the women of North Hastings. Earlier this month, women protested the loss of the government funding for the Tamarack program....

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Building Bancroft gets $270,000 tourism grant from Ottawa

June 16, 2010
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Building Bancroft gets $270,000 tourism grant from Ottawa

Submitted by Barb Shaw The Bancroft region needs a committed source of tourism funding if it wants to compete with other areas of the province. In fiscal year 2009/2010 Building Bancroft was able to access approximately $270,000 in grant money through the Federal Government’s Community Adjustment Fund. This is a reasonable start in what could be multi-year funding to help support a significant economic generator for the region. Building Bancroft’s current application to the Provincial Government’s Rural Economic Development Program, if approved, will provide approximately $370,000 to continue this tourism initiative.

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Artisan’s Alley starts this weekend in Bancroft

June 10, 2010
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Artisan’s Alley starts this weekend in Bancroft

Submitted by Barb Shaw BANCROFT – The Building Bancroft Project is looking for visual artists, artisans, performing artists, buskers and vendors to participate in a new summer initiative called Artisan’s Alley. In keeping with the County’s Premier Ranked initiative that suggests communities animate public space, the Building Bancroft team is assisting the cultural community with the development of a market place around the former IGA building that will highlight our arts community and provide a showcase opportunity for the natural talents of our residents. The market will be operating Saturdays through the summer months...

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Building Bancroft planning Artisans Alley this summer

June 1, 2010
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Building Bancroft planning Artisans Alley this summer

Submitted by Barb Shaw BANCROFT — The Building Bancroft Project is looking for visual artists, artisans, performing artists, buskers and vendors to participate in a new summer initiative called Artisan’s Alley. In keeping with the County’s Premier Ranked initiative that suggests communities animate public space, the Building Bancroft team is assisting the cultural community with the development of a market place around the former IGA building that will highlight our arts community and provide a showcase opportunity for the natural talents of our residents. The market will be operating Saturdays through the summer months...

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‘Tourism experience packaging’ session planned Thursday

April 28, 2010
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The Bancroft & District Chamber of Commerce, Hastings County and the Building Bancroft Project present a working session on Tourism Experience Packaging, April 29th, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Loyalist College. Bring your brochures, $20 and your imagination as local tourism operators collaborate to create tourism packages for 2010, says the website of the Bancroft and District Chamber of Commerce.

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Phone survey finds 65% of area residents support ‘Building Bancroft’ redevelopment; minority worry about its cost

April 14, 2010
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Phone survey finds 65% of area residents support ‘Building Bancroft’ redevelopment; minority worry about its cost

Press release from Building Bancroft BANCROFT — A research survey completed last week by national polling firm Ipsos Reid has found that twice as many people in the Bancroft region support the Building Bancroft Project as oppose it. The telephone poll was conducted between March 31st and April 8th, and it shows that 65% of respondents who are aware of the Building Bancroft initiative support it, while 32% oppose it. Support for Building Bancroft is slightly lower among people who live in the Town of Bancroft (62%) and slightly higher among those who live...

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Building Bancroft plans another tourism conference April 7

March 31, 2010
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BANCROFT — The Building Bancroft Tourism and Marketing Committee are making preparations for the second part of the Bancroft Region Tourism Conference. After the first session was held in February enthusiasm grew and a commitment was made to provide a forum to continue the dialogue. Being organized for the morning of April 7th, the half day event is designed as a way to continue the energy the first conference. Packaging, partnerships and proposed tourism destination structures will all be discussed. With details to be shared from the Premier Ranked Project and new information regarding...

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Bancroft marketing co-ordinator plans tourism conference

January 14, 2010
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Bancroft marketing co-ordinator plans tourism conference

Building Bancroft Profile — Marketing Coordinator – David Grindlay As Tourism Coordinator for the has been incredibly busy since he started working on the project in October of 2009. One of Grindlay’s first pitches to the marketing team was for a regional tourism conference and he’s busy putting the finishing touches on the event that’s set to run on February 10th. Grindlay says that conferences are a great way to “bring like minded individuals together to provide them with the stimulus they need to step outside the box and try doing things a bit...

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Ottawa gives Bancroft $2.4M for study of construction projects

September 6, 2009
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Government of Canada invests in Bancroft to stimulate local economy BELLEVILLE (Sept 6, 2009) – Daryl Kramp, Member of Parliament for Prince Edward-Hastings, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) ), today announced funding for the Corporation of the Town of Bancroft. To address the immediate and long-term needs of communities in Southern Ontario, Prime Minister Stephen Harper launched the Community Adjustment Fund and created the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, or FedDev Ontario. The Corporation of the Town of...

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