Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson
Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 1 minute read
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KINGSTON The city’s economic development agency is extending its participation in a program to help local businesses with marketing.
The partnership with Digital Main Street, which has been extended until June, is designed to help businesses connect with their clients through e-commerce, content creation, search engine optimization and social media.
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“Our partnership with Digital Main Street has made a tremendous impact for Kingston businesses,” Chris Morris, digital business adviser at Kingston Economic Development Corporation, said in a news release about the program.
Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson
Publishing date: May 06, 2021 • May 6, 2021 • 2 minute read
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KINGSTON The city is making changes to some of its departments.
The cultural services department is to be renamed arts and culture services, and a new heritage services department is to be created.
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More resources are to be added to the office of strategy, innovation and partnerships, including the addition of a new rural economic and community development manager.
“Through these two departments, the city is demonstrating its continued commitment to excellence, engagement and investment in the arts, culture and heritage,” Paige Agnew, commissioner of community services, said in a news release Thursday. “This was a strategy first developed through the Kingston culture plan, and it is
City makes organizational changes
May 6, 2021
The City of Kingston has made a number of organizational changes aimed at providing continuity of service, adding focus to key initiatives outlined in the 2019-2022 Strategic Plan and supporting Kingston through the pandemic and its recovery. The changes below go into effect on May 10.
To better target services supporting the arts, culture and heritage-related needs of our community, the City will reframe its Cultural Services department as Arts & Culture Services and create a new Heritage Services department.
To assist with pandemic recovery and implement a number of economic development strategies, resources will be added to the Office of Strategy, Innovation and Partnerships – including the addition of a new Rural Economic & Community Development Manager.
Ontario Small Business Support Grants lack support for local businesses
Businesses in the Kingston area are experiencing difficulties and delays when applying for the Ontario Small Business Support Grant. When they need help or have questions about the grant, many say they are left floundering after calling the so-called helpline.
Launched in January, the Ontario Small Business Support Grant provides direct financial support to eligible small businesses that were required to close or significantly restrict services under the Province-wide Shutdown that came into effect in December 2020, the Province said in a media release dated Thursday, Mar. 25, 2021. Small businesses who have been determined as eligible recipients of the grant during the first round will automatically be entitled to a second payment in an amount equal to the first payment they receive. They will not need to apply again to receive this additional funding.
Author of the article: Elliot Ferguson
Publishing date: Apr 26, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 1 minute read
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KINGSTON An employment program that connects recent university graduates with local employers has launched its third year.
The annual Queen’s Career Apprenticeship program is meant to link recent graduates from the arts, humanities and social science disciplines at Queen’s University with Kingston employers.
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Employers who hire a graduate for at least 12 months can qualify to have four months of their salary reimbursed, up to a maximum of $16,000, through the program put on by the Kingston Economic Development Corporation.