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Prince Edward County
Chamber of Tourism & Commerce
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NEWSLETTER
September - October 2009 |
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MESSAGE
FROM THE PRESIDENT |
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from the desk of Dave Ashton:
We hope all our members have had a successful summer.
Your Chamber provides excellent opportunities for its members and
we are pleased to present the following information sessions to
help your business:
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR BUSINESS
A representative of the Bank of Canada has offered our members a
free training session so you can protect yourselves from receiving
counterfeit currency and credit card fraud.
The training session lasts approximately an hour
and is a hands-on event. They will provide genuine and counterfeit
currency so attendees can see and feel for themselves the effectiveness
of the security features on Canadian currency.
LEARN MORE ON HST/PST/GST
The Prince Edward/Lennox & Addington Community Futures Development
Corporation will host an information session on HST/PST/GST. Have
questions? This is your opportunity to learn more.
If you are interested in attending one or both of
these information sessions please contact PECCTAC at 613.476.2421.
Date and time will be determined upon interest in
these information sessions.
A strong membership makes strong Chamber members.
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Dave Ashton,
President |
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Dear Members:
All our newsletters are posted on our website at www.pecchamber.com
If you do not want to receive a printed copy of
the newsletter please call and let Jan know and we will take you
off the mailing list.
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TRILLIUM FUNDING ANNOUNCED |
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The Prince Edward County Chamber of Tourism &
Commerce (PECCTAC) has received $15,000 from the Ontario Trillium
Foundation to provide wheelchair access to the Visitors Information
Centre located at 116 Main Street, Picton.
“Chamber Members can feel proud that wheelchair
accessibility will be addressed as our Visitor’s Centre is
located in a very prominent building in our community, states Lawrie
Ackerman, General Manager.” “Our organization is very
cognisant of the needs of our visitor’s as more and more senior’s
and person’s with limited mobility are visiting our area.
We want everyone to be welcomed and have a positive experience.”
The Ontario Trillium Foundation is an agency of
the government of Ontario. “Accessibility is an important
feature for all visitors to Prince Edward County’s Visitor
Centre,” said Leona Dombrowsky MPP, Prince Edward Hastings.
“Trillium grants $125 million per year to worthwhile projects
all over Ontario”, states Kay Manderville, Ontario Trillium
Foundation. “We are pleased to be able to help the Chamber
of Commerce expand their services to the people of Prince Edward
County and beyond.”
Scott Wentworth of The Scott Wentworth Landscape
Group LTD will begin construction in October. Scott was instrumental
in revitalizing the Cenotaph Park and his landscaping plans for
the Visitor’s Information centre reflect the parks design.
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Brian Munro, PECCTAC Vice President; Lawrie Ackerman, PECCTAC
General Manager; Leona Dombrowsky, MPP Prince Edward Hastings;
Kay Mandeville, Trillium Foundation; Scott Wentworth, Scott Wentworth
Landscape Design
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MESSAGE
FROM THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES
The Final Proposed Accessible Information and
Communications Standard, as part of the Accessibility for Ontarians
with Disabilities Act, 2005, has now been posted on the Ministry
of Community and Social Services’ website.
The Initial Proposed Accessible Information and Communications
Standard was developed by an external Accessible Information and
Communications Standards Development Committee (SDC). This external
committee included representatives from the disability community
as well as the public and private sectors.
The initial proposed standard was released for its mandatory public
review period from November 17, 2008 to February 6, 2009. The
committee then revised the initial proposed standard to reflect
the public’s input resulting in the Final Proposed Accessible
Information and Communications Standard.
The final proposed standard has now been submitted to the Minister
of Community and Social Services for consideration.
Those interested in reading the SDC’s final proposed standard
can find more information on the Ministry of Community and Social
Services’ website at :
English:
http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/english/pillars/accessibilityOntario/accesson/business/information/
French:
http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/french/pillars/accessibilityOntario/accesson/business/information/index
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| DATES
TO REMEMBER |
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Next Meet & Greet:
October 20: Loyalist Lofts
December 8: Brown's Manor B&B
If you want to host a Meet & Greet next
year please let us know.
It is a great way to showcase your business
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| Welcome
New Members |
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Automated Business Concepts
+ Black Pig Gallery & Suite
+ Cherry Valley House
+ Cottage Advisors Canada
+ Dixie Lee Chicken & Seafood & Kemp’s Country Farm
Market
+ Fair Trade Quinte (10,000 Villages)
+ Industrial Perk Café
+ Lift Haus Winery
+ Prince Edward County Arts Council
+ Ramlih Cottage
+ Sleepy Hallowell Bed & Breakfast
+ Sign*A*Rama
+ Saraswati Wellness Spa & Bed & Breakfast
+ The Milford Bed & Breakfast
+ Wood Dragon Bed & Breakfast
Thank you for your support!
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VISA - 1.68%
MasterCard - 1.79%
Interac - $0.09
CALL US TODAY TO GET THESE GREAT
RATES!
613.476.2421 or e-mail pec@reach.net
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Congratulations to the
following members on their nomination for the 2009 Quinte Business
Achievement Award.
Business of the Year:
Angelo’s Restaurant
Batawa Ski Hill
Blumen Garden Bistro
Browns Manor B&B
Copper Kettle Chocolate Company
Dixie Lee Chicken & Seafood Restaurant & Kemps Country
Farm Market
Duck & Loon Bed & Breakfast
Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Company
Hilden Homes
Indulgence Spa & Salon
Isaiah Tubbs Resort
Kathy’s Collection
Lacey Estates Vineyard
Mark Heating & Cooling
Merrill Inn
Milford Bistro
Mindful Movements
Moonlight on the Lake B&B
Pat Guernsey Insurance Services Inc.
Picton BIA
Picton Home Hardware
Samlyn Enterprises
Scout Design
The Carriage House Cooperage
The Shieling Bed & Breakfast
The Source
Travellers Dream B&B
Business Person of the
Year
Andrew MacKenzie
Bev Skidmore
Jeanette Arsenault
Come out and join your fellow business members on
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at the Quinte Business Achievement
Awards banquet and help celebrate the outstanding business people
in Prince Edward County. This year the gala dinner will be at
the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Trenton. There will
be an opportunity to tour this wonderful museum prior to dinner.
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5:30 pm Cocktails
7 pm dinner
8 pm awards
Tickets $45 per person.
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Do you have any information on Turkey?
This is just one of the more interesting
questions the PECCTAC staff answered this year.
Some other interesting stories from our
summer students:
From Elyse Platt
“What is there to do on a rainy day?” seemed
to be the popular question of the summer. Fortunately for me,
after two years of working at the Chamber, I have gotten quite
good at answering. It’s a good thing for us that the County
specializes in tasty county cuisine and wines to warm up damp
spirits. The weather maybe didn’t cooperate with us this
summer, but the crowds of happy vacationers continued to pour
through our doors.
One of the delights of this job is the opportunity to meet dozens
of new people everyday. People come from all over the world to
enjoy what the County has to offer. A typical page in our guest
book reads “Toronto, Montreal, Toronto, Spain, Switzerland,
Montreal, the Netherlands”! It was interesting to see a
newspaper brought in by one visitor, covered in Chinese symbols
with “Lake on the Mountain” written in large letters
at the top. Needless to say, working at the Chamber makes me even
more thankful that I live in the County.
I would like to thank all of our members for being so friendly
all summer. Whether you popped by the office, or I spoke to you
on the phone, it has been a pleasure working with all of you.
Thanks for another great season! Elyse
From Jarrod Keogh
It’s been a fast and fantastic summer! Throughout the last
few months, I have had the honourable post of representing and
promoting the fine businesses of Prince Edward County. As a born
and bred “County” native, I’ve had the unique
experience of watching Prince Edward County develop and blossom
into the tourist haven that it is today. My position at the Chamber
this summer has exposed me to many of the exceptional people of
Prince Edward; whether they are long-time entrepreneur, migrated
business-person, or temporary resident, the sense of teamwork
on display as been dazzling and unforgettable.
This job has been an eye-opening experience since the beginning.
Firstly, I learned that my knowledge of the County needed some
touching up. The first time someone asked me where they could
go to swim on a sandy beach with little to no people, no parking
fees and a place to pitch a tent for free, I was speechless. Of
course, the answer to that question, as I quickly became aware
of, is no where.
Thank you to all the members for being helpful and polite. Although
it is not a condition when you join the Chamber, we sincerely
appreciate everything you have done to make our job a little easier.
Overall, I’ve enjoyed my experience at the Chamber. Would
I go as far as to say that it has been spectacular? No, I would
probably have to say this it has been a PECCTAC-ular summer!
Jarrod
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Lawrie; Jan; Elyse; Jarrod; Dylan
From Dylan Marecak
These are just a few of the answers I gave out this summer:
• No, this is not “Sandbanks, Ontario”.
• No, you won’t be able to see the 1000 Islands,
Sandbanks, Canada’s Wonderland and Wasaga Beach all in
one day.
• No, there aren’t any single cottages that will
accommodate both your 17-person family and your brother’s
19-person family.
• No, those real estate prices you’re looking at
are not misprints.
Thanks for a great summer,
Dylan
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The Bay of Quinte Tourist Council is pleased to
announce that Alison Dickey has been hired as the marketing coordinator.
Alison’s priority will be to jump start
initiatives set in place to increase tourism efforts in the Bay
of Quinte region.
Working out of the whole region, Alison will be
approaching all potential partners in Tourism in the coming months
with new strategies to boost all efforts in making the Tourist
Council’s goals realized. Of those goals, creating greater
partnerships, instilling a powerful new website, and working with
the region for a central new Tourism centre are of most importance.
“We are very excited for what is to come
with Bay of Quinte Tourism” states Council President Lawrie
Ackerman. “For the first time, we are able to have an individual
who will be able to bring everything together for the greater
good of the entire region”.
“We are sitting on a goldmine”, notes
Director Ryan Williams. “This entire region, as we all know,
is one of the most undiscovered in Ontario. Working alongside
amazing initiatives seen through Taste the County in Prince Edward
County, and Comfort Country in Tweed, Cambellford, and Madoc,
Bay of Quinte Tourism will define the region not just in Tourism,
but also as the great place it is to work and live.”
Partnerships are the key to Tourism’s success.
The Bay of Quinte Tourist Council is a premier partnership in
itself, having been formed in 1982 and made up of all Chambers
of Commerce and Tyendinaga.
Alison is from the Quinte Area, attending Loyalist
College with her diploma in Broadcast Journalism, and completed
an internship with Quinte Broadcasting before working in Sales.
She presently resides in Carrying Place. Look for her soon!
As it moves forward, the committee is looking
for anyone with comments and suggestions. Please e-mail Alison
Dickey at info@bayofquintetcountry.com .
The BQTC thanks Trenval for the funding to hire
Alison.
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NEWSLETTER INSERT
Let all your fellow members know
what your
business is doing or special features/events
that are coming up.
For $50.00 you can insert a
8 ½ x 11” flyer/brochure
into the PECCTAC newsletter.
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