Kings Community Economic Developments

Happy holidays

The staff of the Kings CED Agency would like to take this opportunity to wish all its members, funding organizations and communities a Merry Christmas.

The Kings CED Agency is a non-profit society funded by public membership and grants from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), the Nova Scotia Office of Economic Development, the Municipality of the County of Kings, the Nova Scotia Department of Community Services and the Towns of Kentville, Wolfville and Berwick.

Happy holidays to all and have a safe and happy new year!

Succession Planning succeeds

Succession Planning was top of the agenda at a recent Succession Planning Panel held in Kentville Nov. 30, 2007.

The session was the first of its kind held in Kings County and was aimed to give local businesses valuable information and direction when deciding what to do next with their business. The session was held because succession planning had been highlighted as an issue from the recent Business Retention and Expansion Pilot project conducted by the Kings CED Agency.

Panel members included Paul Richards, Acadia Centre for Social and Business Entrepreneurship; Peter Hough, Canadian Workers Cooperative Federation; Brian Glavin, RBC; Peter Muttart, Muttart, Tufts, DeWolfe and Coyle; and Gordon Caldwell, Grant Thornton. The Succession Planning Panel was well attended, and another discussion may be organized in the near future.

For more information about the succession planning panel, contact Helen Abel, Business Counselor for ACSBE by phone at 678-0828 or via e-mail at helen.abel@acadiau.ca.

Information is provided by your regional development authority, the Kings Community Economic Development Agency. The Kings CED Agency is a non-profit society funded by public membership and grants from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Nova Scotia Office of Economic Development, the Municipality of the County of Kings, Nova Scotia Department of Community Services, and the Towns of Kentville, Wolfville and Berwick. Our motto is: “Together Making Kings County a Better Place to Live.” For more info call 678-2298, or visit www.kingsced.ns.ca, or 35 Webster Street, Kentville.