Destination Southwest Nova Association Newsletter
Your Connection to what's happening in the Tourism Industry
In This Issue:
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2011 Doer's & Dreamer's
Editorial and Festival Updates
"Lights Along the Shore" Lighthouse Festival, Schedule of Events
DSWNA Awards Festivals & Events Funding
Important Dates:
Let's Talk Tourism Sessions:
October 6, 1:00pm, Rodd Grand Hotel, Yarmouth
October 7, 1:00pm, Pine View Inn (formerly Wandlyn Inn), Coldbrook
Award Nominations:
2010 Crystal Tourism Awards of Excellence- deadline October 15, 2010
2010 Culinary Tourism Thought Leadership World Summit
Spirit NS Local Food Award 2010 - nomination form
Reports, Statistics & Studies
Visitor Information Centre Statistics, May, June & July
DSWNA website statistics - August 2010
Media Monitor - August
Canadascope
Take the 2010 Canadian Tourism Sector Compensation Study
Provincial Facts & Figures
Funding Programs:
Building Communities Through Arts & Heritage Program
Small Business Internship Program
Inter-action: Canada's New Multiculturalism Grants and Contributions Program
Seasonal Tourism Business potential property tax savings
Translation Assistance Program
Resources & Opportunities
Events NS Request for Proposals - deadline Sept 16, 2010
InTouch newsletter
Experience Nova Scotia: A Toolkit
Festivals & Events Submissions
Partner News:
Meetings & Events Calendar
Shag Harbour Incident Society welcomes 1,000th visitor
Lunenburg Farmer's Market wins NS Local Food Award
Welcome to New Partners:
Centre Stage Theatre
Rendez Vous de la Baie
The Sword and Anchor
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2011 Doer's & Dreamer's
Work has begun on the 2011 Doers and Dreamers. Over the next few weeks, you will receive a letter and form in the mail from Nova Scotia Tourism. This is to update and confirm your listing in the 2011 Doers and Dreamers.
The deadlines to return your completed form back to Nova Scotia Tourism are as follows:
Outdoor and Tour Operators: Sept 15th
Restaurants: Sept 30th
Click here for Editorial & Festival Update information - deadline Sept 15th
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DSWNA Awards Festivals & Events Funding
Destination Southwest Nova Association (DSWNA), in partnership with the Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage awarded Festivals and Events Funding Assistance cheques to several festival and event organizers and communities at various visitor information centres in the region recently.
The Regional Tourism Association, representing the Fundy Shore & Annapolis Valley, Yarmouth & Acadian Shores and South Shore, works with the Department to provide Festivals and Events Assistance funding to those organizations that are able to impact on incremental visitation and spending to the Province. Congratulations to all of the recipients!
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Festivals & Events Submissions
Destination Southwest Nova Association showcases the unique and exciting Festivals & Events the area offers to visitors. Promote your festival or event by filling out this online form! Please call: (902) 645-2307 or jbalser@dswna.com if you have any questions.
Also put your Festival or Event on novascotia.com, click here for their tutorial.
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Shag Harbour Incident Society Welcomes 1,000th visitor
The Shag Harbour Incident Society opened in a new location for the 2010 tourist season. The building has proven worth the work, with numbers being up from last year. Visitors have been from all over the world, a lot from Ontario this year. To compare visitor numbers last year on Oct. 2nd we had 1,049 visitors, as of today. Each year we present the 1,000th visitor with a gift from the museum, this year our 1,000th visitor was little Eddie Smith of Boston, Ma. We are hoping to reach 2,000 by closing in Sept. Over the winter months we hope to do more work on displays and get our upstairs section ready for the 2011 year.
Monday, September 13, 2010
ADEDA News
Farm Focus
The farmers in our region are all saying it’s been a good season. And one of the interesting aspects of our agriculture industry is the varied approaches and methods that can be found here. One of the newer approaches is “biodynamic” farming and a young couple, who operate the newly formed Bear River Agricultural Co-operative in Waldec, Annapolis County, are happy to show how this innovative new concept works.
You can visit with Tilo and Saskia Kolass at their farm this weekend as part of the provincial Open Farm Day program. As a matter of fact there are a number of opportunities to see our inventive agricultural entrepreneurs at work on September 19. In addition to Bear River Farm, the Wild Rose Farm’s organic operation in Gilbert’s Cove; the Pinehill Deer and Raspberries Farm in Brighton; the Annapolis Highland Vineyards and Winery in Bear River East ; and the den Haan Enterprises facilities in Lawrencetown will all be open that day to show visitors around. You can get more information by visiting the Open farm web site at www.gov.ns.ca/agri/agaware/openfarmday.shtml. Take the occasion to see how healthy and imaginative food options are increasingly being made available to us.
Savour the Flavour
And after you’ve taken up the invitations to view the local farm processes, get ready to taste the results. There are a number of ways to treat your gastronomic cravings at this time of year. Of course there are always our abundant farmers’ markets offering everything possible. But you can participate as well. A couple of great ways are to attend the upcoming Fall for Bear River festival, and to plan a culinary tour of Annapolis Digby by checking out the sensational seasonal entrees that’ll be available as part of Tastes of the Annapolis Valley Festival.
We truly live in an area of the world that’s blessed with abundance, especially at this time of year. And we have the opportunity to actually “follow the food” from the field to the table. Take these opportunities to satisfy your curiosity as well as your taste buds.
News From Under and Over the Bay
Over 100 people turned out in Westport to listen to 10 speakers as part of an information session to review Fundy Tidal Inc.’s plans to test a small scale tidal energy turbine in the area. The purpose of the exercise will be to test the concept on a small scale. The next step for Fundy Tidal is to finalize permits and regulatory matters along with funding before proceeding with a test of the actual equipment in the fall or spring of next year. ADEDA Development Officer Terry Thibodeau attended the session and said he thought the results were very positive. Partners for the project include Dalhousie and Acadia universities, Alberta based New Energy Corporation, Clare Machine Works, Bear River Plastics and Innovative Fisheries Products Ltd. Meanwhile, tidal energy proponents of a much bigger scale were also eyeing the potential of the Fundy. A U.K. company that is about to commission one of the world’s largest marine energy turbines off the coast of Scotland has targeted the Bay of Fundy for future projects.
These developments were part of the message given by ADEDA Managing Director Mike Gushue last week when he had the opportunity to brief the federal Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the Hon. Keith Ashfield, during his visit to Digby. The briefing took place at the Digby ferry terminal and Gushue particularly stressed the importance of the Fundy ferry service and Digby’s port infrastructure improvements to prepare for looming development opportunities.
With all the activity designed to harness the underwater power potential of the Bay, the presentation to the ACOA Minister also offered an interesting observation when it was mentioned that companies working on both sides of the Bay often fly between their operational sites, with the flying time between Saint John and Digby reported to be about 15 minutes. That’s the kind of increasing activity that bound to give further impetus to the efforts to establish and grow a new aviation club at Digby Annapolis Regional Airport.
Celebrate Ciderfest
What with all the chatter about farm visits and local produce in this week’s newsletter I sure wasn’t going to forget about one of the longest standing fall celebrations in our area taking place this week. The 27th annual “Ciderfest” will be happening in Bridgetown from September 16-19. So plan to drop by in between your farm excursions to participate in the many activities being offered. I’m a big fan of cider – sometimes beginning and ending my day with a glass or two (different types of course). Oh no –why is The Wurzels “I Am a Cider Drinker” worming through my head at this moment. OMG – now it’s “I’ve Got a Brand New Harvester”. I love those guys but it’s obviously time to sign off for this week!
Till next week;
Peter
Peter MacLellan
Annapolis Digby EDA
86 Atlantic Avenue
PO Box 271
Cornwallis, Nova Scotia
Canada B0S 1H0
Tel: (902) 638-3490
Fax: (902) 638-8106
E: communications@annapolisdigby.com
We invite you to visit us anytime at www.annapolisdigby.com.
The farmers in our region are all saying it’s been a good season. And one of the interesting aspects of our agriculture industry is the varied approaches and methods that can be found here. One of the newer approaches is “biodynamic” farming and a young couple, who operate the newly formed Bear River Agricultural Co-operative in Waldec, Annapolis County, are happy to show how this innovative new concept works.
You can visit with Tilo and Saskia Kolass at their farm this weekend as part of the provincial Open Farm Day program. As a matter of fact there are a number of opportunities to see our inventive agricultural entrepreneurs at work on September 19. In addition to Bear River Farm, the Wild Rose Farm’s organic operation in Gilbert’s Cove; the Pinehill Deer and Raspberries Farm in Brighton; the Annapolis Highland Vineyards and Winery in Bear River East ; and the den Haan Enterprises facilities in Lawrencetown will all be open that day to show visitors around. You can get more information by visiting the Open farm web site at www.gov.ns.ca/agri/agaware/openfarmday.shtml. Take the occasion to see how healthy and imaginative food options are increasingly being made available to us.
Savour the Flavour
And after you’ve taken up the invitations to view the local farm processes, get ready to taste the results. There are a number of ways to treat your gastronomic cravings at this time of year. Of course there are always our abundant farmers’ markets offering everything possible. But you can participate as well. A couple of great ways are to attend the upcoming Fall for Bear River festival, and to plan a culinary tour of Annapolis Digby by checking out the sensational seasonal entrees that’ll be available as part of Tastes of the Annapolis Valley Festival.
We truly live in an area of the world that’s blessed with abundance, especially at this time of year. And we have the opportunity to actually “follow the food” from the field to the table. Take these opportunities to satisfy your curiosity as well as your taste buds.
News From Under and Over the Bay
Over 100 people turned out in Westport to listen to 10 speakers as part of an information session to review Fundy Tidal Inc.’s plans to test a small scale tidal energy turbine in the area. The purpose of the exercise will be to test the concept on a small scale. The next step for Fundy Tidal is to finalize permits and regulatory matters along with funding before proceeding with a test of the actual equipment in the fall or spring of next year. ADEDA Development Officer Terry Thibodeau attended the session and said he thought the results were very positive. Partners for the project include Dalhousie and Acadia universities, Alberta based New Energy Corporation, Clare Machine Works, Bear River Plastics and Innovative Fisheries Products Ltd. Meanwhile, tidal energy proponents of a much bigger scale were also eyeing the potential of the Fundy. A U.K. company that is about to commission one of the world’s largest marine energy turbines off the coast of Scotland has targeted the Bay of Fundy for future projects.
These developments were part of the message given by ADEDA Managing Director Mike Gushue last week when he had the opportunity to brief the federal Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, the Hon. Keith Ashfield, during his visit to Digby. The briefing took place at the Digby ferry terminal and Gushue particularly stressed the importance of the Fundy ferry service and Digby’s port infrastructure improvements to prepare for looming development opportunities.
With all the activity designed to harness the underwater power potential of the Bay, the presentation to the ACOA Minister also offered an interesting observation when it was mentioned that companies working on both sides of the Bay often fly between their operational sites, with the flying time between Saint John and Digby reported to be about 15 minutes. That’s the kind of increasing activity that bound to give further impetus to the efforts to establish and grow a new aviation club at Digby Annapolis Regional Airport.
Celebrate Ciderfest
What with all the chatter about farm visits and local produce in this week’s newsletter I sure wasn’t going to forget about one of the longest standing fall celebrations in our area taking place this week. The 27th annual “Ciderfest” will be happening in Bridgetown from September 16-19. So plan to drop by in between your farm excursions to participate in the many activities being offered. I’m a big fan of cider – sometimes beginning and ending my day with a glass or two (different types of course). Oh no –why is The Wurzels “I Am a Cider Drinker” worming through my head at this moment. OMG – now it’s “I’ve Got a Brand New Harvester”. I love those guys but it’s obviously time to sign off for this week!
Till next week;
Peter
Peter MacLellan
Annapolis Digby EDA
86 Atlantic Avenue
PO Box 271
Cornwallis, Nova Scotia
Canada B0S 1H0
Tel: (902) 638-3490
Fax: (902) 638-8106
E: communications@annapolisdigby.com
We invite you to visit us anytime at www.annapolisdigby.com.
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