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Data Runway speeds up business development
The “Data Runway” at the Acadia Institute for Data Analytics (AIDA) is ramping up to deliver technical advice and tools to a target of 10 businesses a year, to help them deploy data analytics. A grant of almost $500,000 from the Invest Nova Scotia Fund,...
Valley REN leads the Valley Manufacturing Taskforce
Manufacturers – large and small – sustain the economic base in the Annapolis Valley, contributing to nine percent of jobs. To support this significant sector, the Valley REN is leading the Valley Manufacturing Taskforce. Taskforce Launch On August 16, at Michelin’s...
The power of regional collaboration
The Valley REN is part of a province-wide community of Regional Enterprise Networks (“RENs”). In September this year, this broader network – comprising REN staff and board members, municipal officials and staff, and provincial partners and other stakeholders –...
Where “local” and “regional” meet
As a Regional Enterprise Network, the Valley REN has a unique perspective on economic development. While directly serving the needs of business – through our BusinessNOW program, for example – we also have a mandate to generate economic development benefits for the...
New deadline for agri innovation award: Nov 15
Agri-food and agri-tech businesses in the Valley take note! The deadline for the Agriculture Innovation Accelerator Award has been extended until Nov 15. Click here for the application guide and form. Since creating the Agriculture Innovation Accelerator Award in...
Valley Economic Update: September 2018
Did you know? the Annapolis Valley economic region covers Annapolis, Kings and Hants counties as of July 2017, the population in this region was 124,808 (Source: Statistics Canada estimate) 3,487 Valley businesses and institutions have employees (Source: Canada...
Jobs surge in the Annapolis Valley
A jobs spike in the middle of 2017 pushed annual employment significantly higher in the Annapolis Valley compared with 2016. Preliminary labour force data for the 2017 calendar year shows strong growth in employment in the Annapolis Valley economic region.* The spike...
Agri-innovation in the Valley
Watch the video to learn from four entrepreneurs who are developing innovative products & processes in agriculture and aquaculture in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. Soil, climate and geography make the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia an ideal location for...
The Valley REN & i-Valley partner to pursue Smart Region status
The Valley REN signs an agreement with i-Valley to pursue a new, international Smart Region designation for the Annapolis Valley. KENTVILLE, OCTOBER 31, 2017: The Valley Regional Enterprise Network has signed a partnership agreement with the i-Valley...
AVCC is an “innovation agent” in agriculture
PART 1 in the Valley REN blog series introducing “innovation agents” agents in the Annapolis Valley. The Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce will present the annual Agriculture Innovation Accelerator Award on November 28. The Valley REN interviewed the chair...
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