Kings Community Economic Developments

VCFN awards OA and M contract

The Valley Community Fibre Network awarded recently the operations, administration and maintenance of the 186km fibre optic infrastructure to Internetworking Atlantic Incorporated.

Currently in its final phase of construction, the Valley Community Fibre Network (VCFN) is a fibre optic backbone running from Halifax to Middleton offering high capacity data transportation options to various partners and customers.

Internetworking Atlantic Incorporated (IAI) is Atlantic Canada’s largest provider of direct optical or “dark” fibre telecommunications services. The company specializes in providing unmetered, customer-controlled fibre-optic infrastructure that interconnects user sites with direct optical services. IAI’s founder and owner, Bruce MacDougall, heads a dedicated staff of telecom and IT Professionals.

For more information, contact Jennifer Taylor, VCFN Business Development Officer, at 670-9256 or via e-mail at jtaylor@kingsced.ns.ca.

Annual General Meeting

Community partners, Kings CED Agency members and the general public are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Kings Community Economic Development Agency Thursday, June 12, 2008 from 5-8:30 p.m. The AGM will be held in the Annapolis Mess at 14 Wing Greenwood.

The guest speaker will be Dr. Robert Summerby-Murray, Dean of Social Sciences, Mount Allison University, who will speak on the socio-economic impact of heritage tourism on rural Maritime communities.

A dinner will also be provided and 2008-2009 membership dues can be paid at the door.

Please mark the date and plan to attend.

For more information, visit the Kings CED Agency’s website at www.kingsced.ns.ca. To RSVP for the event, contact the Agency at 678-2298 or via e-mail at info@kingsced.ns.ca.

TIAC Board Retreat

In mid-April, a number of communities in the Valley hosted the Tourism Industry Association of Canada’s Annual Spring Board Retreat. Held over a three-day period, 17 directors from the national industry group, including high-level CEOs and Executive Officers, attended various meetings and enjoyed the sights, sounds and hospitality of Wolfville, Grand-Pre and Windsor.

Michele McKenzie, President and CEO of the Canadian Tourism Commission, flew in to join the group and a special reception was attended by well over 50 tourism operators from southwest Nova Scotia. The event and group activities injected over $25,000 in the local economy during their three-day visit.

For more information about TIAC, visit their website at www.tiac-aitc.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.