The Town of Collingwood has received an Economic Development Award and an honourable mention.
It happened during the Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO) President’s Dinner and Awards Ceremony held on April 7th in Toronto.
Comedian and performer, Darrin Rose hosted the evening and presented awards with honourable mentions to outstanding initiatives from across the province.
The Town was recognized twice for its achievements in the past year, says Brennan Kenny, Manager of Economic Development for Collingwood.
The Town, along with the Collingwood Downtown Business Improvement Area (BIA), won the award for Tourist Attraction & Tourism Product Development for communities under 100,000 population.
The project recognized was Patiolicious: Taste and Toast Collingwood’s Great Outdoors.
Collingwood also received an Honourable Mention in the category of Community Economic Development, for communities under 100,000 population.
The project recognized under this category was the wonderful Digital Main Street Expansion project led and executed through the Small Business Enterprise Centre regionally.
“There were 88 submissions from across the province for the awards, so to be recognized twice is quite an achievement,” says Kenny.