Note that there has been a date change for the free AGCO Workshop being held in Southampton in November. The new date is
Wednesday, November 25, 2015 – time and location remain the same (the previously scheduled date was November 24). Email notifications are being sent to those who have already registered. For more information and to register for this workshop or a second one being held in Innisfil on November 17, visit the RTO7.ca
Events Calendar.
Nominations are now being accepted for the Charlie Kelly Tourism Award and can be made through the
online form. Deadline to submit nominations is October 31, 2015. The award will be presented at the first BruceGreySimcoe Tourism Conference, being held at Meaford Hall on December 9, 2015. Keynote speaker is Frederic Gonzalo who will share his passion about marketing and communications. Registration details to follow.
RTO7 recently added two new posts on RTO7.ca. An RFP has been posted for a three to five year Destination Development Action Plan for the County of Grey, and an RFQ has been posted for a Marine Workforce Recruitment Program for Boating Ontario. Visit our
RFPs/RFQs page for more information and to download the documents.
In RTO7’s
Week in Review for September 25, 2015, we shared information on the province seeking input for the development of their first
Culture Strategy. A Town Hall meeting is being held in Owen Sound on Tuesday, November 10 as part of the information gathering process. Location is the Bayshore Community Centre, from 6 to 8 pm. More will be posted when available.
Ontario Fruit Farmers can apply for financial support for cold weather mitigation equipment, with the province sharing up to 35 percent of the cost. The funding is expected to help growers manage the risk of winter-damaged crops and reduced yields. Eligible growers may receive up to a maximum of $31,500 per project. Growers may apply for funding through the
Ontario Crop and Soil Improvement Association, with the first intake from October 22 to November 5, 2015.
A Memorandum to Tourism Stakeholders was released on October 15, 2015 from Assistant Deputy Minister Richard Mckinnell, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport on the subject of Strategic Framework for Tourism in Ontario. In the opening paragraph, he states “In May 2015, Minister Coteau sent a letter to the tourism industry outlining the ministry’s role in leading the development of a Strategic Framework for Tourism in Ontario. This framework will build on the key themes identified in the Tourism Industry Association of Ontario (TIAO)’s report,
Mapping Ontario’s Tourism Future, and the 2009
Discovering Ontario report.” For the complete document, click
here.