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Help Refresh our Front Office Space

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Are you a designer who specializes in creating efficient work spaces that will double as  friendly and welcoming environment for clients and visitors? We invite proposals for a redesign of the GPA EDC Wolfe Street front office lobby. This effective and economical revamp will create an inviting and professional space to welcome visitors and allow [...]

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Greater Peterborough Area Moving Forward with Sustainability

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Dynamic community partnerships were celebrated today at the Peterborough Museum & Archives with the official launch of the Greater Peterborough Area Community Sustainability Plan and the opening of the Fleming College Museum Management & Curatorship Student Exhibit ‘Sustainable Peterborough: Looking Back, Moving Forward’. For more information visit the Sustainable Peterborough website at sustainablepeterborough.ca Submitted by: Chantelle [...]

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Networking Success!

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  Wow….you just never know!  I am writing as an unintended advocate of the networking value of Creative Cocktail. Once upon a time (twelve years ago) my amazing wife and I relocated to this area entirely for the lifestyle that it offered.   I was fortunate to spend most of those years managing Lansdowne Place. [...]

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SGS Canada Inc. Expansion Creates Jobs and Investment

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SGS Canada Inc. recieved approval today to expand their Lakefield facilities with the construction of a new 41,000 square foot lab facility allowing the company to proceed with their growth plans. The SGS Canada site in Lakefield is known internationally as a key repository of metallurgical, geochemical and environmental expertise and it is anticipated that this expansion will  facilitate [...]

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Creative Cocktail

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Join us for Creative Cocktail. A rousing evening of inspiring success stories and fresh networking for creative entrepreneurs and knowledge workers. Creative Cocktail is designed to bring businesses and professionals in the creative economy together to inspire each other, make business connections and generate collaborations.   The events will include• formal presentations by local talent, [...]

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Community Building is Important in Talent Attraction and Retention!

Will jobs follow people where they want to live? Do good communities and economies start with the successes of the people and businesses already located there? This concept, commonly known as ‘placemaking’, is becoming the new norm in talent attraction. Take a look at this video of Mayor Mick Cornett, of Oklahoma City, discussing his [...]

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SGS Lakefield Contributing to Local Youth Retention

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SGS Canada is part of the multinational SGS Group, which operates globally.  From their site in Lakefield, they provide clients with metallurgical, analytical, mineralogical and environmental support and employ approximately 500 people.  To supply the human resource needs that these fields require, SGS goes to the local post secondary institutions of Trent University and Fleming [...]

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Request for Proposal Invitation

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The Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation (GPA EDC) invites prospective proponents to submit proposals for the provision of an automatic, mid-sized, environmentally-conscious vehicle which will facilitate further development of the rural economy in Peterborough Region, in return for a suite of promotional benefits to be negotiated at the time of sponsorship.   Please see [...]

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